Turner v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Woodson District Court. Action brought by Turner, a resident citizen and tax-payer of the township of Center, in the county of Woodson, against the Board of Commissioners of that county, and the county clerk thereof, to restrain the issuance of certain bonds of that township to the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita railroad company. This company was afterward made a party defendant. Trial December 15,1881, and judgment for defendants. Turner brings the case here.
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Error from, Woodson District Court. Action brought by Turner, a resident citizen and tax-payer of the township of Center, in the county of Woodson, against the Board of Commissioners of that county, and the county clerk thereof, to restrain the issuance of certain bonds of that township to the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita railroad company. This company was afterward made a party defendant. Trial December 15,1881, and judgment for defendants. Turner brings the case here. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This was an action to restrain the issue of $27,000 of bonds of Center township, in Woodson county, to the St. L., Ft. S. & Wichita railroad company. The facts are these: Upon a proper petition, the county commissioners ordered an election in said township on the' question of subscribing to the stock of said railroad in the sum of $27,000, and paying therefor in township bonds. The vote was duly had, and a majority voted in favor of the subscription. All the proceedings were legal and regular, except as hereinafter stated. At the time of the…
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