Chicago, Kansas & Western Railroad v. Board of Comm'rs

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. ,J.:

This is an action to compel the defendants, as the board of county commissioners of Stafford county, to issue seventy-two bonds of that county, of the denomination of one thousand dollars each, with interest coupons attached, upon an alleged subscriirtion .in writing, to the capital stock of the Arkansas River & Western Railroad Company. This railroad company was duly incorporated under the laws of the state, and empowered to construct, operate and maintain *123a railroad commencing at or near the city of Hutchinson, in the county of Reno,…