Union School Furniture Co. v. School District No. 60
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Elh District Court. Action by the Union School Furniture Company against School District No. 60, Elk county, to recover the value of school furniture sold to defendant. There was judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. The opinion states the facts. The school district and the school board both had the power and authority to purchase said school furniture.
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Error from Elh District Court. Action by the Union School Furniture Company against School District No. 60, Elk county, to recover the value of school furniture sold to defendant. There was judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. The opinion states the facts. The school district and the school board both had the power and authority to purchase said school furniture. Gen. Stat. of 1889, ch. 92, §§ 28, 57; Conklin v. School District, 22 Kas. 521. Where a quasi or municipal corporation has the power and authority to do a thing, the principle of estoppel applies to it as well as to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Allen, J.:
Various amendments were made to the plead*729ings in this action before trial. The petition, as finally amended and on which the action was tried, contains two counts. The first is on a school-district order, purporting to have been executed by the director and clerk of the defendant district, dated August 20, 1884, for $80. The second count alleges that the plaintiff sold and delivered to the defendant school furniture of the value of $80, on or about August 20, 1884, under a written contract signed by the officers of said defendant and the said…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sullivan v. School District No. 39Supreme Court of Kansas · 1888
- Aikman v. School District No. 16Supreme Court of Kansas · 1882
- School District No. 39 v. SullivanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1892
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