Albers v. Barnett
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, BeaverKead County; Wm. A. Clark, Judge. Proceedings before tbe Board of Commissioners of Beaver-head County by C. C. Barnett for allowance of a claim for the care of the county poor. From an order of the board allowing the claim, John G-. Albers, as a taxpayer, appealed to the district court.
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Appeal from District Court, BeaverKead County; Wm. A. Clark, Judge. Proceedings before tbe Board of Commissioners of Beaver-head County by C. C. Barnett for allowance of a claim for the care of the county poor. From an order of the board allowing the claim, John G-. Albers, as a taxpayer, appealed to the district court. There was judgment that the claim had been allowed and warrant issued without authority of law, and that the county was entitled to recover from Barnett and Ms sureties, Leonard Eliel and O. M. Best, the amount specified in the warrant, and from an order denying the motion of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
On December 6, 1910, C. C. Barnett, one of the appellants, submitted to the board of commissioners of Beaverhead county his bid for a contract for the care of the indigent sick, poor and infirm of the county. This was in response to a notice published by an order of the board in pursuance of section 2054 of the Revised Codes, as amended by the Laws of 1909 (Laws 1909, Chap. 29). On December 10 he was awarded a contract. Under its terms he assumed the obligation to care for and support the indigents whose maintenance was chargeable to the county as provided in the statute, except that he did…
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