Howard v. Independent School District No. 1
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, for Nez Perce County. Hon Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Action by plaintiff to enjoin and restrain the sale of school bonds. Judgment for the defendant and plaintiff appealed. The election for the issuance of these bonds was void for the reason that the election was called for the purpose of submitting at one time several distinct and independent propositions.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, for Nez Perce County. Hon Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Action by plaintiff to enjoin and restrain the sale of school bonds. Judgment for the defendant and plaintiff appealed. The election for the issuance of these bonds was void for the reason that the election was called for the purpose of submitting at one time several distinct and independent propositions. The notice of election specifies these several propositions, and the electors were not permitted to vote upon each several distinct and independent proposition, but were…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, J.
— This action was instituted in the lower court by the plaintiff, as a taxpayer of Independent School. District No. 1 of Nez Perce county, to restrain the officers of the school district from issuing and selling bonds of the district in the sum of $55,000, for the purpose of purchasing three tracts of land in different sections of the school district for school grounds, and for the purpose of erecting and furnishing three school buildings thereon. The court sustained a demurrer to the complaint and dismissed the action and the plaintiff has appealed.
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