Buffalo County v. Phelps County

Buffalo county brought this action to recover from Phelps county one-fourth the cost of the construction of a. “state aid bridge” built across the Platte river by the state department of public works and Buffalo county. The river forms the boundary line between the two counties. The bridge was built and one-half of the cost was paid by the state department of public works and one-half by Buffalo county. Buffalo county then filed a claim with Phelps county which was disallowed. From the disallowance of the claim, an appeal was taken to the district court. The district court rendered a judgment…