Jolly v. Latah County
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from District Court, Latah County. Had the assessor of Latah county the right to let the contract to publish the delinquent tax list under the law of 1890-91 on page 337? We maintain that it was the sole duty of the assessor to let the contract of printing the county delinquent tax list. (Idaho Sess. Laws 1890-91, p. 337; Randal v. Yuba Go., 30 Cal. 593; Eastman v. Linn, 36 Minn.
Read the full summary
APPEAL from District Court, Latah County. Had the assessor of Latah county the right to let the contract to publish the delinquent tax list under the law of 1890-91 on page 337? We maintain that it was the sole duty of the assessor to let the contract of printing the county delinquent tax list. (Idaho Sess. Laws 1890-91, p. 337; Randal v. Yuba Go., 30 Cal. 593; Eastman v. Linn, 36 Minn. (1876) •315, 3 N. W. 693; Hall v. Rarnsy (1883), 30 Minn. 68, 14 N. W. 363; Bussell v. Gils’on, etc. (1887), 36 Minn. 366, 31 N. W. 692; Siente ex rel. Muse ¶. Supervisors Dixon Go., 24 Neb. 106, 37 N. W. 936;…
1Opinion of the CourtQuarles, J.
The plaintiffs (appellants here) brought their action in the court below against the defendant, Latah county, to recover the alleged contract price of $1,661 for publishing by the appellants in the “Moscow Mirror,” a weekly newspaper published by said plaintiffs at the county seat of the defendant county, the delinquent tax list of said county for the year of 1894) under a contract made and entered into by and between the plaintiff and the assessor and collector of the defendant county on December 17, 1894. Several questions are raised by the briefs of the respective parties, but the-vital…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State ex rel. Whatcom County v. PurdyWashington Supreme Court · 1896
- Times Publishing Co. v. County of AlamedaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1884