Wakely v. County of St. Louis

I dissent. It is elementary that persons dealing with an involuntary public corporation which exercises governmental functions, such as a county, are bound to know the legal limitations on its methods of doing business, Sandeen v. County of Ramsey,109 Minn. 505, 508, 124 N.W. 243; that the management of a county's business is vested in the county board acting as a board; that individual members of that body acting independently have no authority to bind the county, Gardner v. Bd. of Co. Commrs. of Dakota County, 21 Minn. 33; State ex rel. Erb v. Johnson, 98 Minn. 17, 107 N.W. 404; and that an…