State ex rel. Meyers v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus brought by the state of Kansas, on the relation of the county attorney of Shawnee county, to requise the board of county commissioners of such county to direct and require the sheriff thereof, at a forthcoming tax sale to be held under provisions of the statute pertaining to judicial foreclosure and sale of real estate for delinquent taxes, to bid in all tracts of real estate in the name of the county at such sale where the highest private bid therefor did not equal the amount of the entire lien for…