Ball v. Bannock County
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from District Court, Bannock County. Subdivision 7 of section 1759 of tbe Revised Statutes of tbe state of Idaho is tbe only law authorizing tbe purchase of real estate for the use of tbe county, and the amount or price to be paid is nowhere limited, except as stated in said subdivision 7. The requirements of subdivision 7 of section 1759 of the Revised Statutes were fully complied with by the board of commissioners of Bannock county, in purchasing block 268 in the…
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APPEAL from District Court, Bannock County. Subdivision 7 of section 1759 of tbe Revised Statutes of tbe state of Idaho is tbe only law authorizing tbe purchase of real estate for the use of tbe county, and the amount or price to be paid is nowhere limited, except as stated in said subdivision 7. The requirements of subdivision 7 of section 1759 of the Revised Statutes were fully complied with by the board of commissioners of Bannock county, in purchasing block 268 in the city of Pocatello. And the said purchase of said block did not fall within the prohibition of section 3 of article 8 of…
1Opinion of the CourtQuarles, J.
The complaint in this case contains two counts. In the first count, the plaintiff, after making the necessary preliminary allegations, alleges the following facts: That the board of county commissioners of Bannock county did, July 14, 1893, by order then entered upon the records of said board, determine that it was essential to purchase real estate upon which to erect a courthouse and jail, and appointed three disinterested citizens of said county to appraise certain blocks in the city of Pocatello; that said appraisers accepted said appointment, took and filed their oath as such appraisers,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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