Bartlett v. State
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Cloud District Court. Quo Warranto, instituted by the county attorney of Cloud county. The title of the action was, “ The State of Kansas, plaintiff, against George Bartlett, Peter McCrea, Frank McNulty, S. M. Ransopher, Harry Dobbs, A. W. Campbell, and Moses Heller, defendants.”- The petition set forth and alleged — “That the city of Clyde in said county and state is a city of the third class, under and by virtue of the general laws of said state; that by the…
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Error from Cloud District Court. Quo Warranto, instituted by the county attorney of Cloud county. The title of the action was, “ The State of Kansas, plaintiff, against George Bartlett, Peter McCrea, Frank McNulty, S. M. Ransopher, Harry Dobbs, A. W. Campbell, and Moses Heller, defendants.”- The petition set forth and alleged — “That the city of Clyde in said county and state is a city of the third class, under and by virtue of the general laws of said state; that by the same laws there has been created and exists in said city, for the purpose of good government thereof, and for the purpose…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action in the nature of quo warranto, brought by the county attorney of Cloud county in the name of “The State of Kansas,” to have determined by what authority certain persons were attempting to exercise *102the functions of certain city offices of the city of Clyde, Cloud county. The city, of Clyde is a city of the third class. Said persons were attempting to exercise the functions of the offices of mayor, police judge, and city council of said city. These facts, together with others, were set out in full in the petition filed by…
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