State ex rel. Godard v. Downs

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Doster, C. J. :

This is an action of quo warranto to try the right of defendants to hold the offices and exercise the rights and powers of police and fire commissioners of Kansas City, under the authority of chapter 4, Laws of 1898. Such portions of the act as are material to be quoted are as follows :

“ Section 1. In all cities of the first class having a population of forty thousand inhabitants or more, according to the census of the United States or of the state of Kansas or of such city, the government, management and control of the police and fire…