Braaten v. Olson
North Dakota Supreme Court
Ajopeal from the District Court of Ward County, Leighton, J. Action to enjoin payment of warrant for services of expert accountants. Judgment for Plaintiff. County commissioners handle and control the business affairs of their county. They are the legislative body as well as financial agents of the county. Martin v. Tyler, 4 N. D. 278, 25 L.E.A. 838, 60 N. W. 392; Barrett v. Stutsman County, 4 N. D. 175, 59 N. W. 964; State ex rel.
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Ajopeal from the District Court of Ward County, Leighton, J. Action to enjoin payment of warrant for services of expert accountants. Judgment for Plaintiff. County commissioners handle and control the business affairs of their county. They are the legislative body as well as financial agents of the county. Martin v. Tyler, 4 N. D. 278, 25 L.E.A. 838, 60 N. W. 392; Barrett v. Stutsman County, 4 N. D. 175, 59 N. W. 964; State ex rel. Wiles v. Heinrich, 11 N. D. 31, 88 N. W. 734. In case of county segregation or the formation of new county, it is the duty of the commissioners to adjust the…
1Opinion of the CourtBruce, J.
Plaintiff sought to enjoin the payment of a warrant for services rendered as an expert accountant. The appeal is from an order sustaining a demurrer to the answer. The facts set up by the complaint and answer, and conceded by the demurrer, are that at the 1908 election Ward county was divided into the counties of Ward, Mountraill, Renville, and Burke; that of the new counties Mountraill was the first to be organized; that it caused to be prepared a report of the records and accounts of Ward county up to and including July 1, 1909; that Burke county was not organized until July, 1910, the…
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