State ex rel. Grady v. Board of County Commissioners

The question presented for decision in this case is, whether or not counties have authority to borrow money by the issuance of bonds, for the purpose of constructing a county jail.

It is well settled in this state that counties have no inherent power, and that their commissioners, or agents, acting for them, have only such powers, generally, as are especially granted to them by statute, or such as are incidentally necessary to carry into effect those which are-granted. Hallenbeck v. Hahn, 2 Neb., 397. S. C. & P. R. R. Co. v. Washington County, 3 Id., 42. Sexson v. Kelly, Id., 107. The People…