Ravenscraft v. Board of Commissioners Blaine County
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from District Court, Blaine County. Boards of county commissioners being courts of most limited jurisdiction, jurisdiction must affirmatively appear. It will not be presumed. (Gorman v. Board, 1 Idaho, 553, 556, 558; City of Ottawa v. Carey, 108 U. S. 110, 2 Sup. Ct. Eep. 361; Barnett v. Denison, 145 IT. S. 135, 13 Sup. Ct.
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APPEAL from District Court, Blaine County. Boards of county commissioners being courts of most limited jurisdiction, jurisdiction must affirmatively appear. It will not be presumed. (Gorman v. Board, 1 Idaho, 553, 556, 558; City of Ottawa v. Carey, 108 U. S. 110, 2 Sup. Ct. Eep. 361; Barnett v. Denison, 145 IT. S. 135, 13 Sup. Ct. Eep. 819; Glass v. Ash” hury, 49 Cal. 571; McCoy v. Bryant, 53 Cal. 247, 249; Merzo c v. San Francisco, 33 Cal. 134; Hawes on Jurisdiction of Courts,, see. 257, and note 4; Freeman on Judgments, sees. 517-5Í9, 521, 522; Wharton’s Civil Evidence, sec. 1310; Lawson’s…
1Opinion of the CourtQuarles, J.
In March, 1895, the board of county commissioners of Blaine county, by resolution then entered of record in the record of proceedings of said board, decided to employ the respondents, Johnson & Johnson, as counsel and attorneys for Blaine county, "to advise, counsel and direct, and, if necessary, manage and conduct suit for said county, in and about the organization of said county, and maintaining and enforcing the law creating said county, and that for said services they be .paid a retainer of $1,000, and a reasonable fee for services,” etc. The respondents accepted employment under said…
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