State v. Studt
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Mandamus. Action brought in this court, September 18, 1883, on the relation of the county attorney of Cloud county, against the township board of the township of Solomon, in said county, to compel it to issue certain bridge bonds. The township treasurer filed his separate answer to the alternative writ; but Jacob Studt, as trustee of that township, and the clerk thereof, filed a general demurrer thereto.
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Original Proceedings in Mandamus. Action brought in this court, September 18, 1883, on the relation of the county attorney of Cloud county, against the township board of the township of Solomon, in said county, to compel it to issue certain bridge bonds. The township treasurer filed his separate answer to the alternative writ; but Jacob Studt, as trustee of that township, and the clerk thereof, filed a general demurrer thereto. The opinion herein, filed at the January, 1884, session of the court, contains a sufficient statement of the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
In 1883, by chapter 159, Laws 1883, the legislature authorized the township of Solomon, in the county of Cloud, to issue bonds for building bridges in a sum not exceeding $7,000, in addition to the amount of bonds it was already entitled to issue by law, with the proviso that the manner of issuing said bonds should be in all respects as already provided by law for issuing township bonds. Under this authority an election was held, at which more than a majority, but less than three-fifths, of the votes were cast in favor of issuing the bonds.…
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