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Mason v. Spencer

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1886PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Error from Shawnee Superior Court. Action brought by Washington Mason and seveuty-nine others, against Charles F. Spencer, as county clerk, and others, to enjoin the defendants from. collecting certain sewer taxes levied by the city of Topeka.

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Error from Shawnee Superior Court. Action brought by Washington Mason and seveuty-nine others, against Charles F. Spencer, as county clerk, and others, to enjoin the defendants from. collecting certain sewer taxes levied by the city of Topeka. The amended petition in this case, omitting court and title, reads as follows: “For cause of action against the defendants, the plaintiffs say: That they are the owners, each and severally in fee simple, of certain real property in the city of Topeka, an incorporated city of the first class, in Shawnee county, and that said real property is within the…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This was an action brought by Washington Mason and others, in the superior court of Shawnee county, to enjoin the defendants, Charles F. Spencer, county clerk, and others, from collecting certain sewer taxes levied by the city of Topeka upon certain lots in such city belonging to the plaintiffs, which taxes are alleged to be illegal and void. The plaintiffs also applied for a temporary injunction. This application was heard upon evidence, and the court below refused to grant the injunction. The defendants demurred to the plaintiffs’…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Gilmore v. HentigSupreme Court of Kansas · 1885
  2. City of Topeka v. GillettSupreme Court of Kansas · 1884
  3. Gilmore v. NortonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
  4. Tifft v. . City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  5. City of Ottawa v. BarneySupreme Court of Kansas · 1872

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Cole v. DorrSupreme Court of Kansas · 1909
  2. Flynn v. Little Falls Electric & Water Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
  3. Mason v. City of Kansas CitySupreme Court of Kansas · 1918
  4. Beeler & Campbell Supply Co. v. WarrenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1940
  5. City of Kansas City v. SilverSupreme Court of Kansas · 1906

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