Kansas City Southern R. Co. v. Adair County

The trial court allowed funding of certain judgment indebtedness of defendant in error. Remonstrants taxpayers appeal and urge that certain acts constitute fraud sufficient to invalidate the bond issue.

Material facts are that a certain public accountant had several times previously (done auditing work for Adair county and had at other times done similar work for the State Examiner and Inspector, by reason whereof he became possessed of knowledge of the judgment indebtedness involved.

On January 6, 1941, this auditor addressed a communication to the county commissioners wherein he referred to…