State ex rel. Canyon County v. Forch
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District for Canyon County. Hon. Ed. L. Bryan, Judge. Action to recover on a bond given by a drug company for the observance of the laws of the state in the sale of intoxicating liquors. Judgment for the defendant. Statutes should be construed so as to render them valid and give them force and effect.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District for Canyon County. Hon. Ed. L. Bryan, Judge. Action to recover on a bond given by a drug company for the observance of the laws of the state in the sale of intoxicating liquors. Judgment for the defendant. Statutes should be construed so as to render them valid and give them force and effect. (36 Cyc. 1111 (e), notes 74 and 75.) Particular expressions in one part of a statute, not so large and extensive in import as other expressions in the same statute will yield to the larger and more extensive expression when the latter…
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, C. J.
This action was brought by Canyon county, whereby the county seeks to recover from Jacob Forch, a druggist, the Forch Drug Company, and the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company a judgment for $500 on a bond given by Forch for an alleged violation by Mr. Forch of the liquor laws of the state.
It is alleged in the complaint that the defendant Forch had sold alcohol and wine in Canyon county in September, 1913, and that by reason of making said sales he had become liable upon his bond by reason of the fact that the laws of Idaho prohibited the sale of alcohol and wine in a dry territory, and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Riggs v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Chandler v. LeeIdaho Supreme Court · 1870
- State v. PaulsenIdaho Supreme Court · 1912
- Greathouse v. HeedIdaho Supreme Court · 1873
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- Briedwell v. HendersonOregon Supreme Court · 1921
- State v. MeadIdaho Supreme Court · 1940
- Tway v. WilliamsIdaho Supreme Court · 1959
- State v. HelmannWisconsin Supreme Court · 1916
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