Andrews v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

This is an action originally brought in the district court by residents and taxpayers of Cowley county to require a rearrangement of the three county commissioner districts in that county under the authority of K. S. A. 19-204.

In pertinent part the statute provides:

“The board of county commissioners shall, on the day of the organization of the board or as soon thereafter as may be possible, meet and divide the county into three commissioner districts, as compact and equal in population as possible, and number them respectively 1, 2, and 3,…