Legal Opinion

Hudson v. Commiss'rs of Atchison County

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1873PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Error from Atchison District Court. -B. F. Hudson and David Johnson, members of “The Perpetual Building and Savings Association of Atchison,” 'brought their action in the court below, against the Board of County Commissioners, and David Baker, as county treasurer ■of Atchison county, to restrain the collection of a tax assessed by said commissioners against said plaintiffs respectively, on certain shares of stock in said corporation held and owned by said plaintiffs…

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Error from Atchison District Court. -B. F. Hudson and David Johnson, members of “The Perpetual Building and Savings Association of Atchison,” 'brought their action in the court below, against the Board of County Commissioners, and David Baker, as county treasurer ■of Atchison county, to restrain the collection of a tax assessed by said commissioners against said plaintiffs respectively, on certain shares of stock in said corporation held and owned by said plaintiffs severally, and money paid in thereon. The ■casé was tried at the November Term 1872 of the district •court, before J. G. O.,…

1Opinion of the Court

*144The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This was an action brought by B. E. Hudson and David Johnson to restrain the collection of certain taxes levied against each of them, respectively, as stockholders, in “ThePerpetual Building and Savings Association of Atchison.” The first question arising in the case, is, whether the plaintiffs below, who are also plaintiffs in error, had any right to prosecute an action jointly for any such purpose. If this question should be determined in the negative, it would not be necessary to determine any of the other questions that have been…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. The Kansas IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  2. Railway Co. v. PrescottSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  3. Washburn College v. Comm'rs of Shawnee Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1871
  4. Gilmore v. NortonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
  5. St. Mary's College v. CrowlSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. v. Board of County Com'rsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
  2. Palmer v. WaddellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1879
  3. Stiles, Treasurer v. City of GuthrieSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1895
  4. Jeffers v. ForbesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882
  5. Hurd v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1891

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