SOUTHWEST GAS CORP. v. THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

No. 5596.

449 P.2d 259 (1969)

SOUTHWEST GAS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT; Hon. John F. Sexton and any and all Visiting Judges; and T. David Horton, Lander County District Attorney, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

January 21, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. McCrea, Lawrence V. Robertson, Las Vegas, for petitioner.

T. David Horton, Lander County Dist. Atty., Austin, for respondents.


OPINION

MOWBRAY, Justice.

The District Attorney of Lander County has filed in the Third Judicial District Court a tax collection action in three counts against Southwest Gas Corporation. The second count is a class action brought on behalf of all the counties in the State where Southwest has assets. The District Attorney did not obtain authority from the other counties to file the class action, but did so strictly on his own, for the reason that if he were...

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