State ex rel. Boynton v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This is an original action in mandamus brought by the state of Kansas on the relation of the attorney-general against the board of county commissioners of Sumner county and the state highway commission, its members and director, to compel the construction of a benefit-district road in Sumner county which crosses the Arkansas river. The road, extending a distance of seven miles through the district lying on both sides of the river, had been by resolution of the board of county commissioners of Sumner county on December 4, 1928, found and…