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· 7/7/1914

City of Wichita v. Board of Education

Citations

  • 92 Kan. 967
  • 142 P. 946
  • 1914 Kan. LEXIS 353

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. School Property — Not Exempt from Special Assessments for Improvements. Comm’rs of Franklin Co. v. City of Ottawa, 49 Kan. 747, 31 Pac. 788, followed, and held that by section 1 of article 11 of the constitution school property is not exempt from special assessments for public improvements.</p> <p>2. Same — City May Maintain Action to Recover Such Special Assessments. A city of the first class may maintain an action against the board of education of such city to recover special assessments levied against school property for improvements.</p>

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  • stating that a dispute for the judiciary arises when a determination is necessary for the decision of some immediate relief to be granted which the court may enforce by decree
  • “Th[e] judicial power . . . is the right to determine actual controversies arising between adverse litigants, duly instituted in courts of proper jurisdiction.”

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Judges: Porter

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