Benewah County Cattlemen's Ass'n v. Board of County Commissioners

SHEPARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in an action brought in the nature of a declaratory judgment seeking to have declared invalid a county ordinance which prohibited livestock from running at large, from grazing on property other than that of the owner, and requiring the erection and maintenance of fences by owners of livestock. The magistrate court found the ordinance to be valid, which holding was affirmed on appeal to the district court. Likewise, we affirm.

The facts of this action are largely agreed upon and the only issues presented are questions of law. For at least 60…