Hansen v. Dakota County

This is an action for a declaratory judgment to determine whether the county commissioners of Dakota county are authorized to purchase an existing interstate bridge which spans the Missouri river between Sioux City, Iowa, and South Sioux City, Nebraska, under and by virtue of chapter 87, Laws 1935 (Comp. St. Supp. 1937, secs. 39-2101 to 39-2112). The trial court held that the defendant county was without authority to purchase the bridge, and all defendants appeal to this court.

There is only one question of substantive law involved in this case and that is: Does the county bridge act of 1935…