Forbes v. Board of Education

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Milton, J.:

This action involves the ownership of • block 142 in the city of Fort Scott, said block having .been designated on the original plat of the town site as “University Square,” and being commonly so 'known. From a judgment in favor of the defendant in error, as plaintiff below, Forbes brings proceedings in error.

The legislature of the territory of Kansas, in the .year 1855, by three separate acts, incorporated the *453town of Fort Scott, the Fort Scott Town Company, and the Fort Scott University. The Fort Scott University was never organized and…