Legal Opinion

Davenport v. Ham

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided November 11, 1905No. 14,199PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Error from Rooks district court; Charles W. Smith, judge.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Greene, J.:

W. B. Ham obtained a perpetual injunction against W. L. Davenport,- treasurer of Rooks county, restraining him, as treasurer, from selling certain lands in Wood’s addition to the city of Stockton for the unpaid city taxes for 1902.

The only question that we are called upon to determine is the constitutionality of section 636 of the General Statutes of 1901 (Laws 1893, ch. 66, §2)-, which reads:

“If any town site, or portion of a town site contain*180ing more than five acres, shall hereafter be vacated by the board of county commissioners or by act…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. City of Atchison v. BartholowSupreme Court of Kansas · 1866
  2. Gray v. CrockettSupreme Court of Kansas · 1883
  3. City of Wyandotte v. WoodSupreme Court of Kansas · 1870
  4. Kansas Town & Land Co. v. City of Smith CenterCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1897
  5. Board of Commissioners v. State ex rel. IvesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1892

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Bull v. KelleySupreme Court of Kansas · 1910
  2. Portsmouth Savings Bank v. SmithSupreme Court of Kansas · 1906
  3. Pollock v. City of Kansas CitySupreme Court of Kansas · 1912
  4. State v. City of LawrenceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1909

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