Clark County v. State
Decision Date | 29 October 1948 |
Docket Number | 3486. |
Citation | 199 P.2d 137,65 Nev. 490 |
Parties | CLARK COUNTY v. STATE. |
Court | Nevada Supreme Court |
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Ormsby County; Clark J Guild, Judge.
Action by the County of Clark against the State of Nevada for a declaration of the county's rights in certain sums of money paid by the United States to the State of Nevada under the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act. From a judgment of dismissal, the plaintiff appeals.
Judgment affirmed.
Robert E. Jones, Dist. Atty., of Clark County, of Las Vegas, and Thatcher, Woodburn & Forman, of Reno, for appellant.
Alan Bible, Atty. Gen., W. T. Mathews, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and George P. Annand and Homer Mooney, Deputy Attys. Gen., for respondent.
Appellant County filed action against the State of Nevada on November 24, 1944 for a declaration of its rights in certain sums of money paid by the United States to the State of Nevada under the 'Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act' of the United States Congress approved July 19 1940, 43 U.S.C.A. § 618 et seq.
The allegations of the Complaint material to this appeal are as follows:
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