Comm'rs of Jefferson County v. Hudson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Jefferson District Court. Hudson had judgment at the November Term 1875- of the district court, and- the Board of County Commissioners brings-the case here for review. The subjoined opinion contains a full statement of all necessary facts.. that upon the agreed statement of facts Hudson was-not entitled to- recover, cited, I Pars. Oontr. 6; 4 Wheaton, 197; 2 Bl. Com. 446;. 2 Leon, 224;. Cooley Const. Lira. 275;. 9 Kas. 171.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
On 20th February 1867, the legislature-of Kansas passed an act providing among other things, “that any person planting an Osage orange- or hawthorn-fence, * * * and successfully growing and cultivating the same, * * * shall receive an annual bounty of two dollars for every forty rods so planted and cultivated, * * * the bounty to commence as soon as said fence will entirely resist cattle, and continue for eight years thereafter. * * * This section shall apply to all hedges already planted, but not yet come to maturity sufficient to turn…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- East Saginaw Manufacturing Co. v. City of East SaginawMichigan Supreme Court · 1869
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