Southern Kansas & Panhandle Railroad v. Towner
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceeding in Mandamus. An alternative writ was allowed in this ease on the 25th day of February, 1888, commanding the defendants to issue in payment for a like amount of the capital stock of the Southern Kansas & Panhandle Railroad Company, one hundred and twenty-one bonds of $1,000 each, and one bond of the amount of $300, of the county of Clark, payable to bearer thirty years after date, and bearing interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum, with proper…
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Original Proceeding in Mandamus. An alternative writ was allowed in this ease on the 25th day of February, 1888, commanding the defendants to issue in payment for a like amount of the capital stock of the Southern Kansas & Panhandle Railroad Company, one hundred and twenty-one bonds of $1,000 each, and one bond of the amount of $300, of the county of Clark, payable to bearer thirty years after date, and bearing interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum, with proper coupons thereon; and requiring the defendants to deliver the sam$ to the Southern Kansas & Panhandle Railroad Company; and…
1Opinion of the Court
*77The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The principal questions for decision in this case are: First, is the Southern Kansas & Panhandle Eailroad Company an existing corporation of the state ? Second, if an existing corporation, was the railroad which it is admitted was built in Clark county constructed by said railroad company ? Third, if constructed by said railroad company, then was the road constructed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the proposition under which the subscription to the capital stock of the company was made? Fourth, has said company by any…
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