BACKMAN v. SALT LAKE COUNTY

No. 9697.

13 Utah 2d 412 (1962)

375 P.2d 756

WILLIAM D. BACKMAN, A TAXPAYER FOR HIMSELF AND FOR ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. SALT LAKE COUNTY, A BODY CORPORATE AND POLITIC, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 2, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grover A. Giles, County Atty., James A. McIntosh, Gerald Nielson, Asst. County Attys., Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Brayton, Lowe & Hurley, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


HENRIOD, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment declaring the Civic Auditorium and Sports Arena Act of 19611 unconstitutional in an action instituted under the Declaratory Judgments Act.2 Affirmed. No costs awarded.

At the outset it seems that this case is resolvable on but one procedural point: That the county did not follow the interdiction of the act with respect to initiating the election at the time and...

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