Legal Opinion

Aldrich v. Collins

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided June 18, 1892PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from circuit court, Minnehaha county. Hon. Frank R. Athens, Judge.- Action against the board of supervisors of Sioux Falls township, to set aside their proceedings in appropriating money to improve certain highways. Judgment against the hoard. Defendants appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion.

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Appeal from circuit court, Minnehaha county. Hon. Frank R. Athens, Judge.- Action against the board of supervisors of Sioux Falls township, to set aside their proceedings in appropriating money to improve certain highways. Judgment against the hoard. Defendants appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion. The supervisors are the general agents of the town, have charge of all its affairs, have general management of highways ,and authority to appropriate and expend money for their care and maintenance. Comp. Laws, §§ 716, 772, 813, 1264, 1272, 1300 and 1302. The supervisors of a town have no…

1Opinion of the Court

Corson. J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court adjudging illegal and void the proceedings of the town board of supervisors of Sioux Falls township appropriating $5,500 for the improvement of four certain highways in that township; also adjudging illegal and void the proceedings of a special town meeting of said town held for the purpose of appropriating said sum of $5,500 for the purposes aforesaid, and ratifying and confirming the acts of said town board of supervisors in making said appropriation; and also adjudging illegal and void certain town orders issued for $1,300 by…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. White Eagle Oil & Refining Co. v. GundersonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1925
  2. State Ex Rel. Widdoss v. EsmaySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1948
  3. City of Newport v. McLaneCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
  4. Grabe v. Lamro Independent Consolidated School District, No. 20South Dakota Supreme Court · 1928
  5. Stene v. School Board of Beresford Ind. School Dist., No. 68South Dakota Supreme Court · 1973

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