Board of County Commissioners v. City of Wichita

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Cunningham, J.:

A large amount of .taxes levied upon property within the city of Wichita, a city of the first class, for city purposes, became delinquent. This, together with the penalties and interest thereon, was collected by the county treasurer of Sedgwick county. An action was brought against the board of county commissioners of Sedgwick county by the city to compel the payment to it of its proportion of such penalties and interest. The board of education of the city of Wichita intervened in the action and claimed *705that it had a right to receive the…