13 Kan. 99 | Kan. | 1874
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This was an action in the nature of quo warranto, brought by the county attorney of Cloud county in the name of “The State of Kansas,” to have determined by what authority certain persons were attempting to exercise
1. Quo warranto. Who may be plaintiff. I. 'Whenever any person usurps an office, and attempts to hold it Wrongfully and without any legal authority, as the county attorney alleges that the defendants have done and are doing in this particular case, then we suppose that not only the state, but also any individual who may be entitled to hold the office, may maintain an action in the nature of quo warranto to oust such usurper from such office. But each has a separate action, and the two together do not have a joint action. Neither is a necessary party when the other commences the action. Hence, “although the state is the only plaintiff in this case, and the persons entitled to hold the different offices are not made parties thereto, still there is no defect of -parties plaintiff. But as we shall state more fully hereafter, the petition shows that no person is entitled to hold any one of said offices.
Of course we know nothing of the facts of this case except as they are stated in the petition of the county attorney, and for the purposes of this case such statements must be taken as true.
The judgment of the court below is affirmed.