State ex rel. Foster v. Faulkner
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Mandamus. On the 10th of May 1878, an alternative writ of man- ' damus Was issued, directed to Charles F. Faulkner, Christopher Eberhardt, M. M. Briggs, and Theodore F. Carver, four of the councilmen of the city of Salina, commanding and requiring them, in conjunction with C. S. Radcliff, mayor of said city, and A. W. Wickham, a councilman thereof, and on or before the 20th of said May, to perform certain alleged official duties, or to show cause,…
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Original Proceedings in Mandamus. On the 10th of May 1878, an alternative writ of man- ' damus Was issued, directed to Charles F. Faulkner, Christopher Eberhardt, M. M. Briggs, and Theodore F. Carver, four of the councilmen of the city of Salina, commanding and requiring them, in conjunction with C. S. Radcliff, mayor of said city, and A. W. Wickham, a councilman thereof, and on or before the 20th of said May, to perform certain alleged official duties, or to show cause, etc. The defendants appeared and answered, showing cause. They alleged that the boundaries of the city of Salina, by metes…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
statement of the case. This is an original action of mandamus, commenced in this court in the name of the state, by John Foster, county attorney of Saline county, to compe| Qharies F. Faulkner, Christopher Eberhardt, M. M. Briggs, and Theodore F. Garver, members of the city council of the city of Salina in said county, “in conjunction with the mayor of the city of Salina, and in a legal and proper manner, to make out and transmit to the governor of Kansas an accurate description, by metes and bounds, of all the lands included within the…
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