Dunn v. Sharp

Citations

• 4 Idaho 98
• 35 P. 842
• 1894 Ida. LEXIS 17

Syllabus

<p>Writ of Review — Person Beneficially Interested may Demand. — - A citizen and taxpayer beneficially interested in the orders and proceedings of a board created by law, or in the doings of a public officer, has the right to bring a proper suit to determine whether such board or officer has performed his duties as the law requires.</p> <p>State Wagon Road Commission — When Authorized to Let Contracts. — The state wagon road commission has no authority to. let the contract for the construction of a section of said road until the survey of the same has been completed according to law..</p> <p>Same — How Commission Gets Its Power. — The said board exists, only by authority of the statute, and has no power or authority except that given it by the statute. In the performance of its. duties it must be governed by the law prescribing and directing the method of its work.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the court.)</p>