State ex rel. Burnett v. City of Hutchinson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

In this action, one in quo warranto, the plaintiff asks that the defendant, a city of the first class operating under the commission form of government, be required to show by what authority it exercises jurisdiction over the southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of section 17 in township 23 south of range 5 west in Reno county, and over that part of the northwest quarter of that section lying south of the center line of the right of way of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, and asks that such authority be held void and…