Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

This case involves the question whether chapter 68 of the Laws of 1911 authorized any levy for the year 1915 in excess of the limitation in section 9397 of the General Statutes of 1909, which in Cloud county was 1.31 mills for general county purposes. The trial court held the levy valid, and the plaintiffs appeal.

*325Chapter 76 of the Laws of 187i9 provided, among other things, that whenever the board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more thap twenty thousand should determine that any bridge was nécessary to be built,…