Independent Highway District No. 2 v. Ada County
Idaho Supreme Court
An original application for an alternative writ of prohibition to the board of county commissioners. The notice for calling for the election does not contain an adequate statement of the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued.
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An original application for an alternative writ of prohibition to the board of county commissioners. The notice for calling for the election does not contain an adequate statement of the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued. (McMahon v. Board of Supervisors, 46 Cal. 214; State v. Carbon County, 38 Utah, 563, 114 Pae. 522.) Roads and bridges are clearly specified as separate objects for which bonds may be issued by sec. 1962, Rev. Codes, just as they are in other provisions of the statute, and the language of this court in the case of Ostrander v. City of Salmon, 20 Ida. 153, 117 Pac.…
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
This is an original proceeding in this court whereby application is made by Independent Highway District No. 2 of Ada county for a writ of prohibition, prohibiting the board of county commissioners of Ada county from issuing and selling negotiable, interest-bearing coupon bonds of said county in the sum of $200,000, which bonds were *422voted by the people of said county for the purpose of constructing and repairing the roads and bridges of said county.
It is alleged in the application for said writ that the plaintiff is a highway district in said county, organized and operating under the laws of…
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