Osborn v. Ravenscraft
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from District Court, Blaine County. On February 6, 1896, the board of Blaine county commissioners, by their order did allow and order paid its chairman, I. T. Osborn the sum of sixty-three dollars and fifty cents for moneys advanced the county. From said order J. W. Bavens-eraft, H. E. Miller and H. B. Plughoff, as taxpayers, appealed on the ground that the order was illegal and prejudicial to the public interest.
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APPEAL from District Court, Blaine County. On February 6, 1896, the board of Blaine county commissioners, by their order did allow and order paid its chairman, I. T. Osborn the sum of sixty-three dollars and fifty cents for moneys advanced the county. From said order J. W. Bavens-eraft, H. E. Miller and H. B. Plughoff, as taxpayers, appealed on the ground that the order was illegal and prejudicial to the public interest. Two assignments are made why the evidence does not support the decision: 1. It does not therefrom appear that it is a commissioner’s duty to advance money to the county; 2.…
1Opinion of the CourtHuston, J.
This is an appeal from the action of the district court of Blaine county in affirming the action of the board of commissioners of said county in allowing a claim of I. T. Osborn, chairman of said board, for moneys laid out and ex*613pended by said Osborn as a member of said board in behalf of said county. It is not claimed nor pretended that the full amount set forth in the bill of the claimant was not paid out and expended by said commissioner for the benefit of said county. It is not pretended that the money was not paid for legitimate and legal charges against the county, being for the payment…
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