Municipal Securities Corp. v. Buhl Highway District
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, for Twin Falls County. Hon. Wm. A. Babcock, Judge. Action to recover earnest-money on contract to purchase. Judgment for plaintiff. Rights based on the violation of the law will never be enforced by the court.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, for Twin Falls County. Hon. Wm. A. Babcock, Judge. Action to recover earnest-money on contract to purchase. Judgment for plaintiff. Rights based on the violation of the law will never be enforced by the court. (Harrison County v. Ogden, 133 Iowa, 377, 108 N. W. 451; Libby v. Pelham, 30 Ida. 614, 166 Pac. 575.) The court is justified in considering all the facts of this case, including the objections raised by counsel to the legality of the bond proceedings, to determine whether the counsel acted in good faith in rendering an…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, C. J.
Respondent, as assignee of the Hanchett Bond Company, recovered a judgment against appellant *379for a sum of money deposited as a guarantee of good faith upon the execution of a contract for the purchase of appellant’s bonds. The contract provided that certified copies of the proceedings leading up to the issuance and sale of the bonds should be submitted to certain named attorneys, or some other reputable bond • attorney satisfactory to the Hanchett Bond Company, for an opinion as to the legality of said bonds. It was further provided that if the proceedings should fail to receive the…
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