Riley v. Township of Garfield
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceeding in Mandamus. On the 20fch of August, 1894, Lewis A. Riley filed his application in this court, duly supported by affidavit, for a writ of mandamus to compel a levy on the taxable property of the township of Garfield, of Finney county, sufficient in amount to pay the matured and maturing interest coupons of certain refunding bonds of Garfield county owned by him, and also a levy to create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the bonds.
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Original Proceeding in Mandamus. On the 20fch of August, 1894, Lewis A. Riley filed his application in this court, duly supported by affidavit, for a writ of mandamus to compel a levy on the taxable property of the township of Garfield, of Finney county, sufficient in amount to pay the matured and maturing interest coupons of certain refunding bonds of Garfield county owned by him, and also a levy to create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the bonds. Thereupon, an alternative writ of mandamus was issued, which alleged, among other things: “That subsequently to the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
It is conceded that when the duty to levy and collect a special tax to pay a special class of debts, or the interest thereon — as, for example, county or township refunding bonds — is so clear and imperative as to admit of no doubt, the court may grant mandamus to compel the levy of a special tax to pay the bonds, or the interest coupons thereof, before they are reduced to judgment. (2 Dill. Mud. Corp. 853; High, Ex. Leg. Rem., §§338, 339.)
I. It is insisted, however, that the validity of the bonds recited in the alternative writ is…
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