Legal Opinion

State v. Dowling

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 10, 1925No. 25,608PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action in quo warranto challenging the validity of the organization of joint rural high-school district *494No. 4, Decatur and Norton counties. The district was created in the summer of 1921 and since that time it has been functioning as a legal organization. The state charged that the boundaries of the district were not clearly defined at the time it was petitioned for and that no accurate enumeration of the legal electors was taken from which it could have been clearly ascertained that two-fifths of the interested electors desired…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Dawson v. City of AtchisonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1914
  2. State ex rel. Connaughton v. HolcombSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
  3. Incorporation of Olsburg v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1923
  4. Hutchinson & Southern Railroad v. Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1892
  5. Chicago, Kansas & Western Railroad v. Board of Comm'rsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1887

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. BaileySupreme Court of Kansas · 1959
  2. Gorman v. City of RosedaleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1925
  3. Cole v. City of KanopolisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1944
  4. State Ex Rel. McQueary v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1950
  5. State ex rel. Minner v. Rural High-school District No. 2Supreme Court of Kansas · 1929

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