Board of Commissioners v. Smith
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Coffey District Court. On, and for more than five years prior to, the 18th day of January, 1892, and at this time, C. O. Smith was, and is, the publisher of the Burlington Republican, a weekly newspaper, printed and published in the city of Burlington, in the county of Coffey, in this state, and having a general circulation therein.
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Error from Coffey District Court. On, and for more than five years prior to, the 18th day of January, 1892, and at this time, C. O. Smith was, and is, the publisher of the Burlington Republican, a weekly newspaper, printed and published in the city of Burlington, in the county of Coffey, in this state, and having a general circulation therein. On the 7th day of January, 1892, the board of county commissioners of Coffey county, then composed of W. H. Robson, Stephen Baird, and O. R. Tanner, (the last named being the chairman of the board,) at a regular session thereof, entered into a written…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
It was decided in Shelden v. Comm’rs of Butler Co., 48 Kas. 356, that—
“On the second Monday of January after each general election at which a commissioner has been elected, the board of county commissioners as an organized body is dissolved, and the office of chairman is vacant, and, before the commissioners can transact any county business other than to elect a chairman, or fill a vacancy in the office of a commissioner, the board must be again organized, and the hands of such new board or organization, as to the designation of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shelden v. Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1892
- Board of Commissioners v. State ex rel. BeebeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1891
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