Board of County Commissioners v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This proceeding was brought by the board of county commissioners of Douglas county to compel the board of county commissioners of Leavenworth county to unite in repairing a public bridge which' spans the Kansas river near Eudora. The river forms the boundary line between the two counties and there has been a bridge over the river at Eudora for many years. The bridge was washed out during the flood of 1903, after which the two counties joined in erecting the present bridge, although the township and city of Eudora as well as some private…