Legal Opinion

Livingston v. McCarthy

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1889PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Original Proceeding in Mandamus. The opinion, filed at the session of the court in February, 1889, states the material facts.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Clogston, C.:

This is an action of mandamus, brought in this court by Chancellor Livingston against T. McCarthy, as auditor of state of the state of Kansas, to compel him to issue to said Livingston a certificate of indebtedness, under the provisions of chapter 180 of the Laws of 1887. Plaintiff alleges that under the provisions of chapter 103 of the Laws of 1875, there was awarded to plaintiff, for loss sustained by the invasion and burning of Lawrence by guerrillas, *21$1,840, and that by chapter 180 of the Laws of 1887 the state of Kansas assumed the payment of said claim; that said…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Cassatt v. Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1888

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Jackson v. DolleySupreme Court of Kansas · 1910
  2. State ex rel. Dawson v. Parsons Street Railway & Electrical Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1909
  3. Blackwell, Enid & Southwestern Railway Co. v. GistSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1907
  4. City of Kansas City v. StewartSupreme Court of Kansas · 1913
  5. Ousley v. CurpheySupreme Court of Kansas · 1915

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