Cassatt v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceeding in Mandamus. Action brought in this court on April 5, 1887, by Cassatt against the Board of Commissioners of Barber county, and others, to compel the levy of a certain tax. The material facts are stated in the opinion, filed at the June, 1888, session of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Yalentine, J.:
This is an action of mandamus, brought originally in this court by E. R. Cassatt against the board of county commissioners of Barber county, and C. H. Douglass, W. W. Cook and John McGrath, the members of such board, to compel them to levy taxes upon all the taxable property situated-in School District No. 51 of said county, for the purpose of creating a sinking fund to pay certain bonds alleged to have been issued by School District No. 2 of said county, and also of creating a fund to pay the matured and maturing coupons upon such bonds.…
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