STATE EX REL. FAWCETT v. BOARD OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

No. 2639

73 Wyo. 69 (1954)

273 P.2d 188

STATE ex rel. C.A. FAWCETT, Plaintiff and Appellant vs. THE BOARD OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY, WYOMING, E. FITCH, E.L. KNIGHT, and GEORGE DODGE, constituting the members of said Board, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wyoming

July 13, 1954


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff and appellant the cause was submitted upon the brief of Maurer & Garst of Douglas, Wyoming, and oral argument by Mr. Joseph Garst.

For the defendants and respondents the cause was submitted upon the brief of Gordon W. Davis, County and Prosecuting Attorney, Albany County, and Robert W. Costin, Deputy County and Prosecuting Attorney, Albany County, of Laramie, Wyoming, and oral argument by Mr. Davis.


OPINION

RINER, Justice:

This litigation grew out of an attempt by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming to detach certain lands from the County of Albany, and incorporate them in and as part of Converse County by altering the boundaries of these counties as set forth and described prior to the year 1953 in Section 26-102 of W.C.S., 1945, for Albany County, and Section 26...

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