Landrey v. Holcomb

The opinion of the court was. delivered by

Mason, J.:

In 1897 the legislature created two courts to be known as “the city court of Kansas City, first district,” and “the city court of Kansas [City], second district.” (Laws 1897, ch. 107, § 1.) The territory of the city (called a township in this connection) was divided into two districts, which were thus defined, the words out of which the present litigation grows being printed in italics: “The first district shall be composed of the second, third and fourth wards of Kansas City, Kansas, and the second district shall be composed of the first,…