Board of County Commissioners v. State ex rel. Attorney-general

Citations

• 66 Kan. 634
• 72 P. 284
• 1903 Kan. LEXIS 111

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Oeeice and Oeeioers — Speculation—Numerical Index. The act forbidding speculation in office (Gen. Stat. 1901, §2364) forbids a contract for the purchase by a county from a register of deeds of a set of abstract books the entries in which constitute them in effect a numerical index, notwithstanding the provisions of section 1736, General Statutes of 1901, authorizing the commissioners to order the register to furnish a numerical index.</p> <p>2. --Entire Contract Invalid. Where an unlawful contract for the furnishing of material, for a fixed sum, is united with a contract otherwise valid, for the performing of certain services, upon a stated basis of compensation, and such basis is fixed with reference to the unlawful portion of the contract, and is made more favorable to the contractor by reason thereof, the entire contract is invalid.</p>