Sadler v. Board of County Commissioners
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, Eureka County. The facts are stated in the opinion. The board of county commissioners had the power to make the orders mentioned and set out in the return to the writ of certiorari, and did not exceed the jurisdiction conferred by law upon the board. (Yol. 2, Comp. L., secs. 3077, 3105; Stats, of Nev. 1879, 45; Yol. 2, Dill. Munic.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, Eureka County. The facts are stated in the opinion. The board of county commissioners had the power to make the orders mentioned and set out in the return to the writ of certiorari, and did not exceed the jurisdiction conferred by law upon the board. (Yol. 2, Comp. L., secs. 3077, 3105; Stats, of Nev. 1879, 45; Yol. 2, Dill. Munic. Corp., secs. 371, 373, 388;-54 Miss. 240. If the commissioners have any authority to modify or alter a contract for the erection of public buildings, it can only be exercised by advertising for…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Hawley, J.:
By the provisions of the act approved February 24, 1879, the county commissioners of Eureka county were specially “ authorized and empowered to erect a court-house of suitable size and dimensions for the county of Eureka, in the town of Eureka, on the site now occupied for court-house purposes by the said county of Eureka; provided that the cost of constructing and furnishing the same, the contract to be let to the lowest responsible bidder, shall in no event exceed the sum- of fifty-three thousand dollars.” (Stat. 1879, 45.) After giving the notice required by law, a…
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