Silver v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Clay district court; Sam Kimble, judge. STATEMENT. William Silver filed his petition against the board of county commissioners of Clay county, in which he alleged, in substance, that he is the owner of a large tract of land in Clay county, on the western side and within a horseshoe bend of the Republican river; that for many years a regularly laid out public road has extended east and west along his premises and across the river; that many years ago a bridge was…
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Error from Clay district court; Sam Kimble, judge. STATEMENT. William Silver filed his petition against the board of county commissioners of Clay county, in which he alleged, in substance, that he is the owner of a large tract of land in Clay county, on the western side and within a horseshoe bend of the Republican river; that for many years a regularly laid out public road has extended east and west along his premises and across the river; that many years ago a bridge was built on this road across the river, at the toe of the horseshoe bend, and had been maintained and used as a part of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Smith, J.:
According to the allegations of the petition the removal of the bridge by the county commissioners was illegal and imposed great hardship upon the plaintiff, and he would, perhaps, under the authority of Greeley Township v. Comm’rs of Saline Co., 26 Kan. 510, 514, have been entitled to enjoin the act, or may even yet not be without a remedy. However, *230before the decision of the court sustaining the demurrer can be reversed we must be able to say that the county is responsible in damages for the wrong alleged. It is well-established law that a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Board of Commissioners v. RiggsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1880
- Greeley Township v. The Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1881
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