Legal Opinion

General Custer Mining Co. v. Van Camp

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided February 14, 1884PublishedCited by 18 opinions

ERROR to tbe District Court of Custer County. We maintain that the district court erred in overruling the motion of plaintiffs in error to dismiss Van Camp’s appeal from the board of equalization, and that said court had no jurisdiction to render its judgment in the ease: 1. Because the order of the board of equalization was not appealable.

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ERROR to tbe District Court of Custer County. We maintain that the district court erred in overruling the motion of plaintiffs in error to dismiss Van Camp’s appeal from the board of equalization, and that said court had no jurisdiction to render its judgment in the ease: 1. Because the order of the board of equalization was not appealable. The right to appeal is a statutory right and unknown to common law, and exists in jurisdictions governed by the common law only by authority of the statutes of such jurisdiction, and it cannot be extended to cases not within the statute, even by consent of…

1Opinion of the CourtPrickett, J.

The assessor of Custer county, in this territory, for the year 1881, assessed the mill and appurtenances of- the plaintiff 'in error at $70,000, and bullion on hand at $170,000. TJpon the complaint of the manager of the company, the board of equalization, of the county reduced such assessment to $35,000 on the mill and its appurtenances, and to $25,000 upon the bullion.- From the order of- the board reducing the assessment, James H. Van Camp, a private citizen of the county, appealed to the district court of the third judicial district for Custer county. Á motion was made in the district…

2Cited by18 opinions

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  2. Striebeck v. Employment Security AgencyIdaho Supreme Court · 1961
  3. Weiser Irrigation District v. Middle Valley Irrigating Ditch Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Pierre Water-Works Co. v. Hughes CountySupreme Court Of The Territory Of Dakota · 1888
  5. Northwest Light & Water Co. v. AlexanderIdaho Supreme Court · 1916

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