Shaffer v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one by taxpayers in Ford county to enjoin levy and collection of taxes on their land for the benefit of *257a rural high-school district embracing territory in Ford and Clark counties, and known as joint rural high-school district No. 2, Clark county. A demurrer to the petition was sustained, and plaintiffs appeal.

The purpose of the action was to defeat tax levies by invalidating organization of the district — something which the state of Kansas failed to do in a direct action commenced on the relation of the county attorney of…