Independent Publishing Co. v. Stanley County
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Cqurt, Stanley County. Hon. LSvi Mc-GSk, Judge. Action by the Independent Publishing -Company against Stanley County, to recover for certain county printing.
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Appeal from Circuit Cqurt, Stanley County. Hon. LSvi Mc-GSk, Judge. Action by the Independent Publishing -Company against Stanley County, to recover for certain county printing. It is -the contention of the appellant, Stanley county: 1. That neither the board of county commissioners nor George D. Mathieson had any authority at law to authorize the publication of a notice that tax deed would issue to Stanley county. 2. That by reason of said fact, no indebtedness could be incurred by the county for a publication authorized by an officer who had no power to authorize it. 3. That since no legal…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCOY, J.
Plaintiff and respondent is the publisher of a newspaper known as “The Pair Play,” published at Ft. Pierre, Stanley county. Under the provisions of section 2207, Pol. Code, as amended by -chapter 246, Laws of 1911, -the respondent ‘pub*485lished some 24 notices of application for issuance of tax deed, and presented to the board of county commissioners of Stanley county a bill for publishing such notices, and which bill was allowed by such board. . Thereafter, upon the application of certain taxpayers of ^aid county, an appeal from the action of the said board in allowing said bill was taken to…
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