State ex rel. Grady v. The Bd. of County Commissioners of Lincoln County
Decision Date | 21 October 1885 |
Citation | 25 N.W. 91,18 Neb. 283 |
Parties | THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, EX REL. WILLIAM GRADY, v. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF LINCOLN COUNTY |
Court | Nebraska Supreme Court |
ORIGINAL application for mandamus.
Writ of mandamus awarded.
Snelling & Talbot, for relator.
Hinman & Nesbitt, for respondent.
The question presented for decision in this case is, whether or not counties have authority to borrow money by the issuance of bonds, for the purpose of constructing a county jail.
It is well settled in this state that counties have no inherent power, and that their commissioners, or agents, acting for them, have only such powers, generally, as are especially granted to them by statute, or such as are incidentally necessary to carry into effect those which are granted. Hallenbeck v. Hahn, 2 Neb. 377. S. C. & P. R. R Co. v. Washington County, 3 Neb. 30. Sexson v Kelley, 3 Neb. 104. The People v. Commissioners of Buffalo County, 4 Neb. 150. Hamlin v. Meadville, 6 Neb. 227. The State, ex rel., v. Buffalo Co., 6 Neb. 454. McCann v. Otoe County, 9 Neb. 324. Walsh v. Rogers, 15 Neb. 309. And the grant of power must be strictly construed. S. C. & P. R. R. Co. v. Washington County, supra, and cases there cited. Sexson v. Kelly, supra. The People v. Commissioners of Buffalo County, supra. Commissioners of Hamilton County v. Mighels, 7 Ohio St. 109. Treadwell v. Commissioners, 11 Ohio St. 183.
In Hamlin v. Meadville, supra, Judge MAXWELL, in writing the opinion of the court, says:
There being no question then upon the necessity of the grant of power before authority exists, it is only necessary to examine the statute and ascertain whether the grant has been made.
Defendants insist that the second subdivision of section 25, and sections 26 to 31, inclusive, of chapter 18 of the Compiled Statutes of 1885, gives the authority to them to issue the bonds. The second clause of section 25 provides that it shall be the duty of the county board of each county
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