State ex rel. Whitmore v. Carbon County
Utah Supreme Court
Original application for a writ of prohibition by the State of Utah, on the relation of J. M. Whitmore, against Carbon County and others to restrain the officers of the county from issuing and negotiating bonds.
1Opinion of the Court
STRAUP, O. J.
The board of county commissioners of Carbon County passed a resolution providing for a special election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of such county the question of incurring a bonded indebtedness in the sum of forty thousand dollars to build a county courthouse. In pursuance of the notice which was given, such an election was held. A majority of the votes cast was in favor of incurring the indebtedness. The petitioner has here applied *395for a writ of prohibition to restrain the commissioners and other officers of the county from issuing and negotiating…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. Utah Savings & Trust Co. v. Salt Lake CityUtah Supreme Court · 1908
- People ex rel. Mariposa County v. CountsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
- Wilson v. Pike CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1905
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