State ex rel. Foster v. Ritch
Montana Supreme Court
Original application for writ of mandate by the state of Montana, on the relation of C. A. Foster, against John B. Ritch and others as. the Board of Commissioners appointed to adjust the indebtedness and property rights of Valley and Sheridan counties, upon the creation of the latter.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
Upon the creation of Sheridan county from a portion of Valley county, the commission appointed by the governor to adjust the property rights and indebtedness reported that the new county owed the old one $108,436.98. This proceeding was instituted by a resident taxpayer of Sheridan county to compel the commission to reassemble and to reapportion the indebtedness. The ground of complaint is that, notwithstanding there were “in Valley county, Montana, divers and sundry expensive steel bridges, aggregating in value at that time more than $162,000, and there were then located in Sheridan county…
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