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Clearwater County Creation Held Void by Idaho Supreme Court
The Idaho Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the 1901 act to create Clearwater County did not establish a county. The court held the legislature failed to state the county “shall constitute” Clearwater, leaving the county unestablished and voiding the writ of mandamus for licenses. The decision emphasizes that courts cannot create a county by implication or interpolation.
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Supreme Court
Clearwater County
A. E. Holmberg
E. W. Jones
Clearwater
Friends
Shoshone
Idaho
Nez Perce
Board of Canvassers
House of Representatives
Journal of the House
Menaphore
Secretary of State
Alturas County
State of
Kootenai County
St. Mary
County of
Orofino
Clearwater. Those Six Words, “ Shall Constitute the County of
Endlich
Southerland
Ruffin