Emporia National Bank v. Board of Commissioners of Lyon County
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Lyon District Court. Action brought- by the Board of Commissioners of Lyon County against the Emporia National Bank and others, to recover certain damages.
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Error from, Lyon District Court. Action brought- by the Board of Commissioners of Lyon County against the Emporia National Bank and others, to recover certain damages. The amended petition alleges, in substance, that— During the year 1878, the defendants, D. S. Gilmore, I. A. Taylor and L. A. Wood, were the county commissioners of the county of Lyon, in the state of Kansas, and were acting as such during that year; that during said year the county aforesaid was the owner and holder of certain railroad stock of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé railroad company, to the amount of $200,000; that…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
VALENTINE, J.:
This action was originally commenced in the district court of Lyon county, in the name of the board of county commissioners of such county against the Emporia National Bank and others, for damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff through certain alleged conspiracies and wrongs on the part of the defendants in connection with certain railroad stock owned by the county, and certain county *91bonds issued by the county. The defendant bank moved the court to strike out certain portions of the plaintiff’s petition, and to require…
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