Lucas v. Bowman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

These two cases, tried separately in the court' below and consolidated here, are by a resident property owner and taxpayer to enjoin the board of county commissioners from taking cer*590tain steps with respect to the building of a new courthouse and jail. On March 3, 1930, there was presented to the board of county commissioners of Lane county a petition, signed by a majority of the legal voters of the county, petitioning the board of county commissioners “to purchase a site for a courthouse and j ail, erect a fireproof courthouse and jail in…