Comm'rs of Leavenworth Co. v. Miller
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Leavenworth District Court. Chapter 12 of the Laws of 1865, entitled “An act to “ authorize counties and cities to issue .'bonds to railroad “ companies, was approved February 10th, and took effect February 14,1865. Sec. 1 .of said chapter provided “ That the board of county commissioners of any county, “ to, into, through, from, or near which, whether in this “ or any other State, any railroad is or may be located, “ may subscribe to the capital stock of any such…
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Error from Leavenworth District Court. Chapter 12 of the Laws of 1865, entitled “An act to “ authorize counties and cities to issue .'bonds to railroad “ companies, was approved February 10th, and took effect February 14,1865. Sec. 1 .of said chapter provided “ That the board of county commissioners of any county, “ to, into, through, from, or near which, whether in this “ or any other State, any railroad is or may be located, “ may subscribe to the capital stock of any such railroad “ corporation, in the name and for the benefit of said “ county, not exceeding in amount the sum of $800,000 “…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This action was commenced by the defendant in error, in the court below, to recover from the county of Leavenworth a sum of money claimed to be due upon a certain bond of said county. This bond is for the sum of $250, and is one of a series of bonds amounting in the aggregate to the sum of $250,000, issued by said county to the Union Pacific Railway Company, E. D., in payment for a like amount of the capital stock of said company. This bond was issued August 1st, 1865, under an act of the legislature authorizing counties to subscribe to…
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