State ex rel. Stroberg v. Drainage District No. 3

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

This is an original action in the nature of quo warranto brought by the state of Kansas on the relation of the county attorney of Harvey county against Drainage District No. 3 of McPherson county for the purpose of challenging the legal existence of the drainage district as a public corporation and excluding it from the exercise of all corporate rights, powers and privileges.

Various phases of this case have been here before and should be briefly referred to in chronological order to insure a proper understanding of the issues now involved.

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