Board of Education v. State ex rel. Johnston
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Atchison District Court. Action brought by The State of Kansas, on the relation of the attorney general thereof, against The Board of Education of the City of Atchison, to restrain the issue of certain school bonds. Trial at the June Term, 1881, of the district court, and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant brings the case here. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The sole question in this caséis, whether the board of education of the city of Atchison has the power under the statute to issue bonds for the purpose of raising funds to purchase a school site and erect suitable school buildings thereon. As Atchison is a city of the first class, the laws appplicable to cities of that class are controlling. By ch. 18, §95, Gen. Stat. 1868, such power was given without any other limitation than that the bonds should bear a rate of interest not exceeding ten per cent., payable semi-annually, *45the principal…
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