Reinhart v. Canyon County
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District for Canyon County. Hon. Carl A. Davis, Judge. Action to restrain the county commissioners of Canyon county from issuing and negotiating certain bridge bonds in Canyon county. Judgment for plaintiffs. A highway district is a public corporation, and municipal agency within the county, and has only such powers as are conferred upon it by law. (State ex rel.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District for Canyon County. Hon. Carl A. Davis, Judge. Action to restrain the county commissioners of Canyon county from issuing and negotiating certain bridge bonds in Canyon county. Judgment for plaintiffs. A highway district is a public corporation, and municipal agency within the county, and has only such powers as are conferred upon it by law. (State ex rel. Bulldey v. Williams, 68 Conn. 131, 35 Aid. 24, 421, 48 L. R. A. 465; Hettinger v. Good Road District No. 1,19 Ida. 313, 113 Pac. 721.) Under the provisions of sec. 13 of the act…
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
This action was brought by the respond- , ent, who is a qualified elector and taxpayer of Canyon county and a resident of the Nampa Highway District, to enjoin Canyon county and the board of county commissioners thereof from issuing and negotiating certain bridge bonds of said county, and enjoining the defendants from entering into a contract for the sale of such bonds for the construction of bridges across the Payette river in Canyon county.
The case was tried by the court upon substantially the following evidence or facts: On February 8, 1911, a petition was presented to the board of county…
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