Mo. River, Ft. Scott & Gulf Rld. v. Comm'rs of Miami County
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Miami District Court. Injunction, brought by the Board of County Commissioners of Miami County, against the Missouri River, Fort Seott and Gulf Railroad Company, Josiah E. Hayes, treasurer of the state of Kansas, and William Crowell, treasurer of Miami County, to restrain the collection and payment of the interest on certain bonds issued by Miami county to the said railroad company by authority of the board of commissioners of said county.
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Error from, Miami District Court. Injunction, brought by the Board of County Commissioners of Miami County, against the Missouri River, Fort Seott and Gulf Railroad Company, Josiah E. Hayes, treasurer of the state of Kansas, and William Crowell, treasurer of Miami County, to restrain the collection and payment of the interest on certain bonds issued by Miami county to the said railroad company by authority of the board of commissioners of said county. The petition alleges that the Railroad Company are still the owners and holders of said bonds, and that said bonds are void. Said bonds were…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
Two questions arise on this record. Were the bonds in controversy, valid, or void? If void, were the defendants in error entitled to any relief under the petition? The first question is disposed of by the decision in the case of Lewis v. Comm’rs of Bourbon County, supra, 186. The question submitted to the voters of Miami county was, “whether the boai’d of county commissioners shall be authorized to subscribe capital stock in the ñamé and for the benefit of Miami county in the stun of $150,000 to aid in the construction of a railroad…
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