In re Johnson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Howard District Court. The only question in this case is as to the validity of certain statutory provisions, which the district court, at the July Term 1872, held to be unconstitutional. The facts are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
The only question presented to us in this case for our consideration is, whether §§ 4, 5 and 6 of the act providing for the sale of school lands, (Gen. Stat., 942, 943, laws of 1871, pp. 315, 316,) are unconstitutional or not. Under said sections Anderson Johnson made an application to the pi’obate court of Howard county, asking to be allowed to purchase a certain quarter-section of school land situated in said county. The probate court entertained the application, heard the questions involved therein, decided the case upon its merits,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Clay v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1866
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