State ex rel. Ratner v. Jones

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus brought by the county attorney of Labette county to compel the county commissioners of that county to redistrict the county into three commissioner districts.

Labette county has not been redistricted into commissioner districts since 1909. As at present constituted, district No. 1 includes eight townships, containing a number of towns, with a total population of 9,721. District No. 2 has seven townships, with a number of small towns, and a total population of 7,688. District No. 3 consists of Walton…