Salt Creek Township v. King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Lincoln District Court. Action on a contract by the Bridge Company against the Toionship of Salt Creek. Plaintiff had judgment, and the defendant comes to this court. The opinion states the facts. At the time that the contract was made for the issuance of the bonds and the purchase of the bridge for which this suit was brought, there was outstanding and unpaid $18,000 of the bonds of Salt Creek township.
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Error from Lincoln District Court. Action on a contract by the Bridge Company against the Toionship of Salt Creek. Plaintiff had judgment, and the defendant comes to this court. The opinion states the facts. At the time that the contract was made for the issuance of the bonds and the purchase of the bridge for which this suit was brought, there was outstanding and unpaid $18,000 of the bonds of Salt Creek township. And we submit that Salt Creek township, either by its officers or otherwise, was precluded from creating any further indebtedness for the purpose of purchasing a bridge, the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This action was brought by the King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Company against Salt Creek township, in Lincoln county, to recover $1,103.03 upon a *524written contract, executed on the 2d of August, 1888, between the company and the township, for the construction and payment in township bonds of a bridge on the section line between sections 22 and 23, over Salt creek, in Salt Creek township. The bridge was constructed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the written contract, on or before January 5, 1889, and was accepted by the…
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