State ex rel. Beck v. Board of County Commissioners of Washoe County
Nevada Supreme Court
Applioation for writ of certiorari. The facts sufficiently appear in tbe opinion. I. The board of county commissioners has no authority conferred upon it to allow any claims not legally chargeable against the county. (2 Comp, Laws, 3077; People v. Supervisors El Dorado Go. 8 Cal. 59; Id. 11 Id. 174; Linden v. Case, 46 Id. 174; El Dorado Go. v. Elstner, 18 Id. 148; Bobinson v. Supervisors, 16 Id. 208; People ex rel. Merritt v. Laiorence, 6 Hill, 244.) II.
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Applioation for writ of certiorari. The facts sufficiently appear in tbe opinion. I. The board of county commissioners has no authority conferred upon it to allow any claims not legally chargeable against the county. (2 Comp, Laws, 3077; People v. Supervisors El Dorado Go. 8 Cal. 59; Id. 11 Id. 174; Linden v. Case, 46 Id. 174; El Dorado Go. v. Elstner, 18 Id. 148; Bobinson v. Supervisors, 16 Id. 208; People ex rel. Merritt v. Laiorence, 6 Hill, 244.) II. The fees charged by the officers are not authorized by statute. In the absence of an express statute they are not legal charges. (Bicknell…
1Opinion of the Court
*69By the Court,
Hawley, J.:
This is an application by ten taxpayers of Washoe county for a writ of certiorari to review the action of the board of couuty commissioners and county auditor of Washoe county in allowing and auditing certain claims in favor of P. B. Comstock, county clerk of said county. The claims amount in the aggregate to four thousand four hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty cents.
In an amendment to the original petition ’it is, among other things, alleged: “That ail of said claims,” excepting the claim for three hundred and seventy-three dollars for transcribing the…
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