Legal Opinion
Gillette-Herzog Mfg. Co. v. Canyon County
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Idaho
Decided February 4, 1898PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEATTY, District Judge.
This action is against Canyon county upon a contract entered into September 5, 1894, by its board of commissioners with plaintiff, for the building of two bridges at the contract price of about $14,000. By written stipulation of the parties, a trial by jury having been waived, the same was heard by the court. The defense to the action is that the contract is void because the board of commissioners did not comply with the statute of the state governing such transactions, and that it was in violation of section 3, art. 8, of the constitution, which is as follows:
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Norton v. Shelby CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Hitchcock v. GalvestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Hedges v. Dixon CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Litchfield v. BallouSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. City of HarrisburgCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1894
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Deer Creek Highway District v. Doumecq Highway DistrictIdaho Supreme Court · 1923
- Village of Heyburn v. Security Savings & Trust Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1935
- H. J. McNeel, Inc. v. Canyon CountyIdaho Supreme Court · 1954
- Sargeant v. Government of the Virgin IslandsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1973
- H. J. McNeel, Inc. v. Canyon CountyIdaho Supreme Court · 1954