Canyon County v. Ada County
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from District Court, Ada County. cites no authorities upon the points decided by the court. Section 3 of article 18 of the constitution of Idaho provides: “Where any part of a county is stricken off and attached to another county, the part stricken off shall be held to pay its ratable proportion of all the existing liabilities of the county from which it is taken.”
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APPEAL from District Court, Ada County. cites no authorities upon the points decided by the court. Section 3 of article 18 of the constitution of Idaho provides: “Where any part of a county is stricken off and attached to another county, the part stricken off shall be held to pay its ratable proportion of all the existing liabilities of the county from which it is taken.” The common-law rule that new counties are not allowed or entitled to any part of the surplus of the old county, or any interest in rights of actions, is not changed by our constitution, but is changed, so far as the surplus…
1Opinion of the CourtSulliyan, C. J.
This suit was brought by Canyon county against Ada county to recover certain sums of money claimed to be due to the former county under and by virtue of an act which created said Canyon county out of a portion of Ada county. The following allegations, among others, are contained in the complaint:
That, as provided by said act, accountants were appointed by said counties to adjust the indebtedness of Ada county between the respective counties. Said accountants were unable to agree upon the value of the courthouse and poor farm of Ada county, and their value was determined as prescribed in said…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commissioners of Laramie County v. COMMISSIONERS OF ALBANY COUNTYSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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