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STATE v. HANSEN

No. 9448.

68 N.W.2d 480 (1955)

STATE of South Dakota ex rel. Theo JACOBSEN, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. H. R. HANSEN, Herb Swedlund, and John Benda, as members of and constituting the Board of County Commissioners of Tripp County, South Dakota, a public Corporation, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

February 2, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. L. Hannett, States Atty. of Tripp County, D. G. Grieves, Winner, G. F. Johnson, Gregory, M. Q. Sharpe, Kennebec, for defendants and appellants.

Parnell J. Donahue, Bonesteel, Lund & McCann, Brookings, for plaintiff and respondent.

ROBERTS, Judge.

Plaintiff applied to the circuit court for a writ of prohibition to restrain the defendant board of county commissioners from purchasing the Rosebud Community Hospital at Winner with proceeds from the sale of bonds. After hearing, the court sustained the claim that defendant board was acting in excess of authority conferred by statute and entered a decree accordingly. Defendants have appealed.

There is no dispute in the controlling facts. On...

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