Conger v. Commissioners of Latah County

Citations

• 5 Idaho 347
• 48 P. 1064

Syllabus

<p>COUNTY COMMISSIONERS — Jurisdiction.—County commissioners have only such jurisdiction and power as is conferred on them by law. County not Party in Interest — Section 1759 oe the Kbvised Stat,utes Construed. — A county is in no sense a party in interest, as that term is used in subsection 13, section 1759 of the Revised Statutes, in a criminal case prosecuted in the name of the people or state.</p> <p>Employment oe Counsel by Commissioners — Constitutional Construction. — Under the provisions of the statute and of section 6, article 18, of the state constitution, county commissioners are not authorized to employ counsel in criminal cases.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the court.)</p>