Legal Opinion

Dunbar v. Board of Commissioners of Canyon County

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided June 30, 1897PublishedCited by 36 opinions

APPEAL from- District Court, Canyon County. This action was brought in the district court of Canyon county, Idaho, by the plaintiff, who was a citizen and taxpayer of said county, for the purpose of enjoining the defendants from issuing the negotiable coupon bonds of said county for the purpose of taking up and paying certain warrants, which it is claimed are illegal.

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APPEAL from- District Court, Canyon County. This action was brought in the district court of Canyon county, Idaho, by the plaintiff, who was a citizen and taxpayer of said county, for the purpose of enjoining the defendants from issuing the negotiable coupon bonds of said county for the purpose of taking up and paying certain warrants, which it is claimed are illegal. That the sale of said bonds and the application and appropriation of the proceeds thereof for the purpose aforesaid will be illegal, unauthorized by the act of the legislature of the state of Idaho, and in violation of the…

1Opinion of the CourtQ Caeles, J.

The appellant, a resident taxpayer of Canyon county, commenced this action in the district court of the third judicial district of Idaho, in and for Canyon county, on the twenty-fifth day of April, 1896, to obtain a perpetual injunction restraining the defendant board of commissioners from issuing bonds to fund $46,445.20 of alleged indebtedness of said county incurred during the years of 1894 and 1895. On the May 5, 1896, C. M. Hays, district attorney for said district, filed a general demurrer to the complaint; averring that “the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bannock County v. BuntingIdaho Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Rogers v. HaysIdaho Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Morgan v. County CommissionersIdaho Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Picotte v. WattIdaho Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Koch v. Canyon CountyIdaho Supreme Court · 2008
  2. Kellogg v. School District No. 10 Comanche Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1903
  3. Cohn v. KingsleyIdaho Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Lanigan v. Town of GallupNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Asson v. City of BurleyIdaho Supreme Court · 1983

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