County Commissioners v. County Commissioners
Wyoming Supreme Court
Appeal from the judgment and decree of the First Judicial District for Laramie County. An act was passed by the legislative assembly of the territory of Dakotah, and approved January 9, 1867, by the governor of said territory, to create and organize the county of Laramie, and subsequently said legislative assembly passed an act to reorganize said county of Laramie, which act was approved by the governor of Dakotah on the third day of January, 1868. Said county, as…
Read the full summary
Appeal from the judgment and decree of the First Judicial District for Laramie County. An act was passed by the legislative assembly of the territory of Dakotah, and approved January 9, 1867, by the governor of said territory, to create and organize the county of Laramie, and subsequently said legislative assembly passed an act to reorganize said county of Laramie, which act was approved by the governor of Dakotah on the third day of January, 1868. Said county, as reorganized, comprised that portion of said territory which now forms the counties of Laramie, Albany and Carbon, in the territory…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Thomas, J.
The rule appears to be well established, that upon the state of facts set forth in the complainant’s bill, where a county has been divided by an act of a legislature, one portion thereof retaining the former name, county-seat, county organization, county buildings, *141and all other county property, and the other portion being formed into new counties, that the county retaining such name and organization is responsible and liable solely for the entire indebtedness of the county at the time of such division, and cannot bring an action for contribution against the counties so…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Schoeller v. Board of County CommissionersWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
- In re Apportionment of Indebtedness between Fremont & Big Horn CountiesWyoming Supreme Court · 1898
- School Dist. No. 14 v. School Dist. No. 21Wyoming Supreme Court · 1937
- Schoeller v. Board of County CommissionersWyoming Supreme Court · 1977