State ex rel. Bradford v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Mandamus. On January 2, 1886, The State of Kansas, on the relation of the Walnut Valley & Colorado Railroad Company, filed its petition in this court against A. Cr Lippert, J. R. Stoelc, and J. E. Ruhl, as the board of county commissioners of Rush county, praying that a writ of mandamus be awarded against the defendants, as said board, to convene and proceed to call elections in- the townships of Garfield, Banner, Center, Union, and Belle Prairie,…
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Original Proceedings in Mandamus. On January 2, 1886, The State of Kansas, on the relation of the Walnut Valley & Colorado Railroad Company, filed its petition in this court against A. Cr Lippert, J. R. Stoelc, and J. E. Ruhl, as the board of county commissioners of Rush county, praying that a writ of mandamus be awarded against the defendants, as said board, to convene and proceed to call elections in- the townships of Garfield, Banner, Center, Union, and Belle Prairie, Rush county, and to submit at said elections, propositions to subscribe to the capital stock of the Walnut Valley &…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court Avas delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This is an action brought in this court by the plaintiff against the defendants, to .compel the defendants' to call an election to vote on the question of subscribing stock and issuing bonds to aid the Walnut Valley & Colorado Railroad Company to construct a line of road in and through the following townships of Rush county: Garfield, Banner, Center, Union, and Belle Prairie. It is admitted that the petition was properly presented, duly canvassed, and .found to contain the requisite number of legal petitioners. The defendants answer that…
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