State ex rel. Little v. Regents of the University of Kansas
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceeding in Quo Warranto. The opinion herein, filed June 8, 1895, states the nature of the action and the facts. At the time of serving and filing this brief, no issue had been made up in this cause. We labor, therefore, under the disadvantage of resorting to conjecture as. to the defense to be made.
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Original Proceeding in Quo Warranto. The opinion herein, filed June 8, 1895, states the nature of the action and the facts. At the time of serving and filing this brief, no issue had been made up in this cause. We labor, therefore, under the disadvantage of resorting to conjecture as. to the defense to be made. If it turns out to be one based upon the form of the action, or that the principal defendants are not legally possessed of corporate powers, we claim that the acts of the legislature, among which are those of 1864 and 1889, are constitutional and effective for the latter purpose, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
AlleN, J.:
This action is prosecuted in the name of the state on the relation of the attorney general against the regents of the university, the chancellor and treasurer, to oust them from the exercise of the power, which it is alleged they have usurped, of charging the students who are residents of the state an annual library fee of $5 and a graduating fee of $5, and of excluding such students who fail to pay the library fee from the use of the books. It is alleged that the university is a corporation, and that enforcing the payment of such fees by…
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