City of Wichita v. Board of Education

*968The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The city sued the board of education to recover certain special assessments levied against school property for improvements, including pavements, sewers and drainage. The defendant demurred to the petition; the demurrer was overruled. Electing to stand upon its demurrer the defendant appeals.

The principal question, as we view it, is whether property held by the school board for school purposes is subject to the payment of special assessments. The defendant prefers to state the question in the follow-in form:

“May a city amerce its own…