Hornaday v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This was a suit brought by the state of Kansas, on the relation of the county attorney of Clay county, against the board of trustees of the asylums for the insane, to enjoin the latter from accepting, on behalf of the state of Kansas, deeds conveying to the state certain lands near the city of Parsons, for the purpose of erecting an asylum for the insane thereon, *824and from certifying to the state auditor any vouchers on which warrants might be issued on the state treasurer to pay the owners of said real estate the price of the same ; and,…