Brown v. State ex rel. Coleman

Citations

• 73 Kan. 69
• 84 P. 549
• 1906 Kan. LEXIS 206

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>County Commissioners — Contract for Publication of Personal-property Statements Held Ultra Vires. The board of county-commissioners of Barton county made a contract with the publisher of the official county paper to publish a list show- • ing the personal-property statements of all persons in the county returned by the assessors, with the amount of personal property listed or assessed against each person, for which publication and the mailing of a copy to each person named therein the hoard agreed to pay the publisher $180. The contract was entered into and carried out in good faith. Held, that the contract was ultra vires and void, and that a permanent injunction was properly granted in a suit commenced on the' relation of the attorney-general to enjoin the payment of the contract price.</p>