Howard v. Kiowa County
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas
This was an action by George E. Howard against the county of Kiowa, Kan. Plaintiff demurs to the answer.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, District Judge.
This is a suit upon coupons cut from 79 funding bonds of the defendant county, issued February 2, 1889, to take up $44,000 in railroad aid bonds and $35,000 in county warrants. The defendant has filed an elaborate answer, to which a demurrer has been interposed. Several defenses are set up.
1. It is said that the question of whether the bonds in suit should be issued was not submitted to a vote of the people of the county. To that it need only be replied that the act authorizing the issue of the bonds does not require a popular vote. By section 1613 of the General…
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