Robinson v. Huffaker
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District for Bonneville County. Hon. James G. Gwynn, Judge.» Action to remove a county commissioner for allowing illegal fees and charges against the county, and for failure to do his duty.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District for Bonneville County. Hon. James G. Gwynn, Judge.» Action to remove a county commissioner for allowing illegal fees and charges against the county, and for failure to do his duty. The sale of the book-press by respondent to the county clearly falls within the things forbidden by sec. 7459, as it is not an expense item for expenses claimed to have been incurred by defendant for the use and benefit of Bonneville county in the discharge of his official duty.' He cannot escape penalty of the law by claiming that he should have been…
1Opinion of the CourtStewart, C. J.
— This action was instituted in the district court of the ninth judicial district of Idaho for Bonneville county, on the 1st day of April, 1912, and was brought under sec. 7459 of the Rev. Codes. The information charges W. D. Huffaker with knowingly, intentionally and illegally charging and collecting fees to which he was not entitled by law as a member of the board of county commissioners for said county, and with knowingly, intentionally and illegally failing, neglecting and refusing to perform his official duties as a member of said board of county commissioners.
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