BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS v. DEVINE

No. 3905.

294 P.2d 366 (1956)

The BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF the COUNTY OF WASHOE, State of Nevada, and R.A. Peterson, Ernest Kleppe and Raymond Capurro, Members of Said Board, Appellants, v. Clifford DEVINE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

February 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., A. D. Jensen, Dist. Atty., Washoe County, Reno, for appellants.

John E. Gabrielli and John S. Belford, Reno, for respondent.


BADT, Justice.

This appeal raises the question of the authority of the presiding judge of department 3 of the district court of the second judicial district to appoint a bailiff for his department under the reasons assigned by him for the asserted failure of regular statutory processes and established methods.

The lower court ordered a writ of mandate to issue compelling the board of county commissioners to recognize...

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