Park County v. Jefferson County
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to District Court of Jefferson County. This action was commenced by the board of county commissioners of Jefferson county against the board of county commissioners of Park county to recover moneys expended in the care and burial of a pauper resident of Park county, one George Oornett.
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Error to District Court of Jefferson County. This action was commenced by the board of county commissioners of Jefferson county against the board of county commissioners of Park county to recover moneys expended in the care and burial of a pauper resident of Park county, one George Oornett. After a specific denial' of the averments in the complaint, the defendant interposed a second defense to the effect that the claim sued for had been presented to the board of county commissioners of Park county at the regular October session, 1883, and that the consideration was postponed until the January…
1Opinion of the Court
Bichmond, 0.
On the part of plaintiff in error there are two propositions, presented for our consideration: First. Were the facts, as established by the evidence at the trial of the cause upon the specific denial, sufficient to warrant judgment for plaintiff? Second. This claim having been submitted to the board of county commissioners of Park county and disallowed, and no appeal having been taken, can the plaintiff maintain an action against defendant to recover the sum?
As to the first proposition, we think it comes under the rule laid down by this court in Dickson v. Moffat, 5 Colo. 114:…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Dickson v. MoffatSupreme Court of Colorado · 1879
- Murphy v. County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1869
3Cited by2 opinions
- Board of County Commissioners v. LockeColorado Court of Appeals · 1892
- Board of County Commissioners v. LockeColorado Court of Appeals · 1892