State ex rel. Bradford v. Osborn

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This is an action in the nature of quo xoaxranto, brought originally in this court March 18,1887, by the attorney general, to inquire by what authority the Hon. Stephen J. Osborn, judge of the 23d judicial district, assumes to hold a term of the district court in and for Wallace county, Kansas, and to exercise other powers which cannot be exercised except upon the theory that a lawful term of the district court can be held in that county, when in fact and in law, it is alleged, no such term of court can legally be held in that county.…