People ex rel. O'Neil v. Bancroft

Citations

• 3 Idaho 356
• 29 P. 112
• 1892 Ida. LEXIS 20

Syllabus

<p>Power of Trustees of Incorporated Town — Board of County Commissioners — Cannot Dissolve Corporation. — 1. There is no method provided under our statute whereby the trustees of a town can dissolve the corporation or effect a disincorporation, and it is not within the power of such trustees to abandon such incorporation and procure a reincorporation.</p> <p>County Commissioners Cannot Reincorpórate. — 2. The board of county commissioners cannot reincorporate a town having already a valid corporate existence.</p> <p>No Law Authorizing Trustees to Disincorporate. — 3. All acts done by a board of trustees of a lawfully incorporated town in an attempt to abandon or disincorporate such municipality and set up a new government are without authority of law and void.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the court.)</p>