Board of Regents v. Hamilton
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Saline District Court. Injunction brought by the Board of Regents against J. B. Hamilton, as treasurer of Saline county, to perpetually restrain the defendant, and his clerks, deputies, and successors in office, from selling or attempting to sell certain lands for taxes. Trial at the May Term, 1881, of the district court, and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff brings the case here. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
The facts in this case are -as follows: The congress of the United States, by an act approved July 2, 1862, granted to the state of Kansas 90,000 acres of land for the endowment, support and maintenance of an agricultural college. The state of Kansas accepted this grant by a joint resolution approved June 2,1863, (Comp. Laws 1879, p. 80,) organized the Kansas State Agricultural College, and provided that these 90,000 acres of land should be used solely for the endowment of said college. (Compiled Laws 1879, pp. 81, 83, §16.) Authority…
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