Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Holley v. Boerlin

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1908No. 1800PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Original proceeding. Mandamus by the State of Nevada, on the relation of John Holley and another, against H. Boerlin, et al., County Commissioners of Esmeralda County, Nevada. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. Municipal corporations may invest funds until needed for municipal use. (Foot v. Salem, 14 Allen, 87; Spaulding v. Arnold, 6 N. Y. Supp. 336; State v. Bowers, 26 Oh. Cir. Ct. 326, affirmed 70 Ohio St. 423, 72 N. E. 1155; New York v. Nat.

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Original proceeding. Mandamus by the State of Nevada, on the relation of John Holley and another, against H. Boerlin, et al., County Commissioners of Esmeralda County, Nevada. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. Municipal corporations may invest funds until needed for municipal use. (Foot v. Salem, 14 Allen, 87; Spaulding v. Arnold, 6 N. Y. Supp. 336; State v. Bowers, 26 Oh. Cir. Ct. 326, affirmed 70 Ohio St. 423, 72 N. E. 1155; New York v. Nat. Broadway Bank, 10 N. Y. Supp. 555, affirmed 126 N. Y. 665, 27 N. E. 555.) A statute providing for a sinking fund in the absence of any…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Sweeney, J.:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus in behalf of the relators, taxpayers of Esmeralda County, to require respondents to meet in their official capacity as the Board of County Commissioners of Esmeralda County and reduce the tax levy for said county made in March, 1908, for general county purposes, and to abate the special tax levy of forty-five cents upon each one hundred dollars of taxable property for the " Courthouse Bond Fund ” created under special act of the legislature of February 28,1907 (Stats. 1907, p. 57, c. 30).

Upon the return of the alternative…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. East St. Louis & Treasurer of East St. Louis v. United States Ex Rel. ZebleySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Hoole v. KinkeadNevada Supreme Court · 1881
  3. State ex rel. Hess v. County CommissionersNevada Supreme Court · 1870
  4. Humboldt County v. County CommissionersNevada Supreme Court · 1870
  5. State ex rel. Treadway v. WrightNevada Supreme Court · 1868

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Abel v. EggersNevada Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Caton v. FrankNevada Supreme Court · 1935
  3. State ex rel. Freyesleben v. Ninth Judicial District CourtNevada Supreme Court · 1916
  4. State ex rel. Mighels v. EggersNevada Supreme Court · 1913

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