DAMUS v. COUNTY OF CLARK

No. 10054.

569 P.2d 933 (1977)

Charles M. DAMUS, Appellant, v. The COUNTY OF CLARK, a Legal Subdivision of the State of Nevada, Thalia Dondero, Robert Broadbent, David Canter, Richard Ronzone, Jack Petitti, Manuel Cortez, and Sam Bowler, constituting both the duly elected Board of County Commissioners and the duly constituted Board of Hospital Trustees, and the Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, a County Hospital duly created by law, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin, Bixler & Damus, Chtd., by George E. Franklin, Jr., Las Vegas, for appellant.

George E. Holt, Clark County Dist. Atty., James M. Bartley, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, Robert L. Petroni, Las Vegas, for respondents.


OPINION

MANOUKIAN, Justice.

On May 7, 1977, the Nevada Legislature enacted Chapter 403 of the Session Laws which amended Section 450.290 of the Nevada Revised Statutes pertaining to the issuance of bonds to benefit county hospitals. Specifically, the new law principally amended subsection 2 of that statute which, prior to amendment, had provided that any county with a population in excess of 200,000, could issue, without voter approval, special obligation...

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