Coos County v. Oddy

This proceeding is brought to test the validity of a proposed issue of funding bonds which Coos County is endeavoring to issue and sell. If such bonds when issued would be invalid, no duty rests upon the defendant as county clerk to advertise the sale thereof. If, on the other hand, the issuance and sale thereof are fully authorized, the peremptory writ was properly issued.

Beginning in the year 1931, continuing to and including the year 1934, and during the months of January and February in the year 1935, Coos County issued warrants for the construction and maintenance of permanent roads. On…