Symns v. Graves
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Doniphan district court; W. I. Stuart, judge. STATEMENT. On September 2, 1899, the plaintiff in error, Joseph A. Symns, commenced an action in the district court of-Doniphan county against. Albert R. Graves, as county treasurer, and the board of county commissioners of Doniphan county to restrain the collection of certain taxes for the years 1898 and 1899 on real estate belonging to him.
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Error from Doniphan district court; W. I. Stuart, judge. STATEMENT. On September 2, 1899, the plaintiff in error, Joseph A. Symns, commenced an action in the district court of-Doniphan county against. Albert R. Graves, as county treasurer, and the board of county commissioners of Doniphan county to restrain the collection of certain taxes for the years 1898 and 1899 on real estate belonging to him. On the trial of the action the court made findings of fact and conclusions of law, such portions of which as are material to the decision of the questions involved being as follows : "The township…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Burch, J. :
The first question arising from the foregoing facts is whether the board of equalization was in existence June 14,1898, when the order raising the valuation of the property of plaintiff in error was *634made. He contends that its powers ceased June 6, 1898..
In the law creating county boards of equalization and defining their powers and duties (Gen. Stat. 1901, §§ 7602-7611), the provision relating to adjournment appears in that portion only of section 7603 which concerns personal property, but it relates to proceedings to equalize the valuation…
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