Jockheck v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee District Court. Iir 1868, one J. A. Schafer became the owner of lots 127, 129, and 131 Van Burén street, in the city of Topeka, Shawnee county, and occupied and used the same with his family as a homestead from the time he purchased said lots until the time of his death, which took place in 1872. The said J. A. Schafer died intestate, leaving Rosa Schafer, his widow, and Helena Schafer, his daughter, who was then less than one year old, as his only…
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Error from Shawnee District Court. Iir 1868, one J. A. Schafer became the owner of lots 127, 129, and 131 Van Burén street, in the city of Topeka, Shawnee county, and occupied and used the same with his family as a homestead from the time he purchased said lots until the time of his death, which took place in 1872. The said J. A. Schafer died intestate, leaving Rosa Schafer, his widow, and Helena Schafer, his daughter, who was then less than one year old, as his only heirs-at-law. Rosa Schafer and her said daughter continued to occupy said lots as their homestead until 1874, at which time…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
HortoN, C. J.:
Section 1, chapter 110, Laws of 1889, provides
“That when the board of county commissioners of any *786county in this state cannot, by purchase or otherwise, obtain a suitable site for a courthouse, jail, or other county building, or obtain additional ground necessary for the protection of any courthouse or other county building, at a reasonable or satisfactory price, said board of county commissioners may apply to the judge of the district court of the district in which the county is situated, asking for the condemnation of such site, or…
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