Twin Falls County v. West
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District for Twin Falls County. Hon. C. O. Stockslager, Judge. Action by the county on the official bond of the ex-recorder of the county. Judgment for the plaintiff and defendants appealed. The county is estopped from maintaining this action. (11 Am. & Eng.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District for Twin Falls County. Hon. C. O. Stockslager, Judge. Action by the county on the official bond of the ex-recorder of the county. Judgment for the plaintiff and defendants appealed. The county is estopped from maintaining this action. (11 Am. & Eng. Eney. of Law, 428.) A settlement is binding on the county in case the only mistake made therein is one of law, (State v. Shipman, 125 Mo. 436, 28 S. W. 842.) Where a county board settled with the county treasurer and passed and approved his accounts, this settlement was final and the…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, C. J.
-This action was instituted against H. T. West and the U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co. to recover on an official bond which West had given for the faithful dis*274charge of the duties of clerk of the district court and ex-officio county recorder of Twin Falls county.
Twin Falls county was formerly a part of Cassia county, and the territory now comprised in Twin Falls county was organized by act of the legislature of February,-1907, and the appellant West was appointed to the office of clerk of the district court and ex-officio county recorder. Prior to the creation of Twin Falls county, and while…
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