State v. City of Lawrence
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Douglas district court; Charles A. Smart, judge. STATEMENT. This action was begun in the district court of Douglas county on the first day of March, 1898. It was brought by the attorney-general, for and on behalf of the state, and for the benefit of the state permanent school fund, and in pursuance of a resolution and order of the board of commissioners for the management and investment of the school fund.
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Error from Douglas district court; Charles A. Smart, judge. STATEMENT. This action was begun in the district court of Douglas county on the first day of March, 1898. It was brought by the attorney-general, for and on behalf of the state, and for the benefit of the state permanent school fund, and in pursuance of a resolution and order of the board of commissioners for the management and investment of the school fund. The purpose of the action is to recover from the city of Lawrence a sum aggregating more than $200,000 upon bonds issued by that city in 1870 and 1871 in aid of the state…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Porter, J.:
The city claims that the act of 1870 (Laws 1870, ch. 21) authorizing the issuance of its *244bonds in aid of the state university is void, and that the act of 1883 (Laws 1883, ch. 42) relieving it from further liability thereon is valid. The state contends that the act of 1870 is valid, and that the compromise act of 1883 is void. The whole controversy, therefore, turns upon the validity of these two acts of the legislature. '
The first objection to the act of 1870 is that it violates section 1 of article 11 of the constitution, which requires…
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