Legal Opinion

Center Township v. Hunt

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1876PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error from Wilson District Court. This action was commenced in the district court January 2d 1875. The petition, after the caption and title, was as follows: “Center township, in the county of Wilson, and state of Kansas, plaintiff, states that it is a municipal corporation, •duly organized under the laws of the state of Kansas, and complains of the Memphis & Northwestern Railroad Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of .the state of Kansas, Alexander Hunt,…

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Error from Wilson District Court. This action was commenced in the district court January 2d 1875. The petition, after the caption and title, was as follows: “Center township, in the county of Wilson, and state of Kansas, plaintiff, states that it is a municipal corporation, •duly organized under the laws of the state of Kansas, and complains of the Memphis & Northwestern Railroad Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of .the state of Kansas, Alexander Hunt, treasurer of Wilson county, John Francis, treasurer of the state of Kansas, and O. V. Small, defendants, for that,…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court' was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This was an action brought by Center township against Alexander Hunt and others for the purpose of having certain bonds delivered up, declared void and canceled, and also for the purpose of obtaining a perpetual injunction forever restraining the collection of a certain tax. The plaintiff also prayed for a temporary injunction for various *437purposes, among which was that the defendant Alexander Hunt, treasurer of Wilson county, should be restrained pendente lite from collecting a certain tax levied on the taxable property of said township…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Bobbett v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
  2. City of Atchison v. BartholowSupreme Court of Kansas · 1866
  3. Craft v. Com'rs Jackson Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1870
  4. Gilmore v. NortonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
  5. Miller v. Town of PalermoSupreme Court of Kansas · 1873

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Stiles, Treasurer v. City of GuthrieSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1895
  2. Bancroft v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
  3. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Rld. v. State ex rel. SandersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1879
  4. Federal Agency Investment Co. v. BakerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1927
  5. State Ex Rel. Moses v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1952

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