Legal Opinion

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. Board of County Commissioners

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided April 10, 1897No. 9294PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Error from Kearny District Court. Hon. A. J. Abbott, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtDoster, C. J.

Kearny County was created in 1887, by an act of the Legislature, in the usual form, defining its boundaries. § 4, ch. 61, Laws 1887. At the same session an act was passed which sought to attach this county to another for judicial purposes. The title of this act and the act itself are in the following words :

“An Act to attach the counties of Haskell and Kearny to Finney Coupty, and the county of Stanton to the county of Hamilton, and the county of Garfield to Hodgeman County, and the county of Grant to Stevens County, and the county of Gray to Ford County, for judicial purposes.”
“Section 1.…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Wall v. County of MonroeSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. Comm'rs of Sedgwick County v. BaileySupreme Court of Kansas · 1874
  3. State v. Bankers' & Merchants' Mutual Benefit Ass'nSupreme Court of Kansas · 1880
  4. State ex rel. Stuart v. KinsellaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1869
  5. Commissioners of Leavenworth County v. KellerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1870

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Speer v. Board of County Com'rsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
  2. City of Topeka v. DwyerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
  3. Clapp v. Otoe CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
  4. Oklahoma City v. Oklahoma Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1907
  5. Garfield Township v. CrockerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1901

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