State ex rel. Meier v. McCrillus
Supreme Court of Kansas
Application for Mandamus, Leavenworth Qounty. This was an application to the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus against the county treasurer and commissioners of Leavenworth county, commanding them to pay certain Leavenworth county bonds held by relator.
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Application for Mandamus, Leavenworth Qounty. This was an application to the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus against the county treasurer and commissioners of Leavenworth county, commanding them to pay certain Leavenworth county bonds held by relator. The facts relied upon in the application are set forth in the alternative writ, as follows: That on or about the first day of August, A. D. 1865, the board of county commissioners of the county of Leavenworth, in the State of Kansas, in pursuance of a vote of the qualified electors of said county, duly given, issued to the Union Pacific…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Gotort,
Kingman, C. J.
At the instance of counsel for relator, this court allowed an alternative writ of mandamus in. this case, without argument, in order, inasmuch as grave and complicated questions were involved, that full argument might be heard on both sides. The respondents appearing move to quash the alternative writ, bécause—
1. The writ is defective in matters of substance.
2. The relator has a plain and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law.
3. There is no liability on the part of tire respondents, or any of them, to the relator, as the bonds he owns are invalid and void.
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