SNORTLAND v. NELSON COUNTY

No. 8046.

123 N.W.2d 288 (1963)

Engolf SNORTLAND, Edward Snortland, and Selmer Halvorson, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. NELSON COUNTY, a municipal corporation, Odean Flaagan, W. Andrews, A. E. Swanke, Henry Haroldson and Clyde Ralston, the Nelson County Board of County Commissioners, and Vivian Gill, the Nelson County Auditor, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

September 10, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duffy & Haugland, Devils Lake, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Idean M. Locken, Lakota, for defendants and respondents.


MORRIS, Chief Justice.

The complaint of the plaintiffs states that they are duly qualified electors, freeholders and taxpayers of Nelson County, North Dakota, and bring this action on behalf of all other taxpayers similarly situated. After alleging the corporate existence of Nelson County and the election of the individual defendants as officers of Nelson County, it is further alleged that on July 30, 1946, the County Commissioners of Nelson County, without a hearing...

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