State ex rel. Bradford v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Mandamus. Action brought in this court, April 21, 1886, by The State against The Board of Commissioners of Hamilton County, and the county clerk thereof, to compel the defendants to hold their offices at the town of Kendall, which is alleged to be .the county seat of that county. The material facts are stated in the opinion, filed at the October, 1886, session of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
"Valentine, J.:
This is an action in the nature of mandamus, brought originally in the supreme court in the name of the state of Kansas on the relation of S. B. Bradford, attorney general, against the board of county commissioners, and Thomas H. Ford, county clerk, of Hamilton county, to compel the defendants to hold their offices at the town of Kendall, which is alleged to be the county seat of said county. An alternative writ of mandamus was allowed and issued, which. alleges, among other things, that the county of Hamilton was organized on January…
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