School District No. 21 v. Board of County Commissioners
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Fremont County, Hon. Charles E. CARPENTER, Judge. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The only question involved is whether the school district, which lies within the limits of the Shoshone Indian Reservation, was or was not, for that reason, lawfully organized. It was sought by the petition in the case to question the right to organize a school district upon an Indian reservation.
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Error to the District Court, Fremont County, Hon. Charles E. CARPENTER, Judge. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The only question involved is whether the school district, which lies within the limits of the Shoshone Indian Reservation, was or was not, for that reason, lawfully organized. It was sought by the petition in the case to question the right to organize a school district upon an Indian reservation. The state was admitted with certain geographical boundaries. (Art. 11, Sec. 1, Const.) The counties then existing were declared to be the counties of the state. (Art. 12, Sec.…
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, Justice.
The defendant in error, the Board of County Commissioners of Fremont County, Wyoming, commenced this action in the District Court of that county against Peter P. Dickinson as County Treasurer and ex-officio Collector of Taxes to restrain and enjoin him from paying to the plaintiff in error certain taxes which had been theretofore levied, and which might thereafter be collected for school purposes. A temporary injunction was allowed and thereafter, upon application of the school district, it was made a party defendant and permitted to defend in the action, and filed a demurrer…
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