Show I MUST BE PUBLIC PURPOSE An Important Decision by Federal I Court of Appeals St Louis April 12A Legislature cannot make a private purpose n public purpose by Its mere flat is i one bf the main points in an opinion handed down by the United States Court o Appeals The case was thnloC W S Dodge against the township of Mission Shawnee county Kan appealed ap-pealed from tho United States District court of Kansas by Dodge The action was originally brought by him on 359 coupons cut from 227 township town-ship bonds Issued under an act of tho Kansas Legislature to encourage the erection of mills and he manufacture of sugar and syrup out of sorghum cane and authorizing townships and cities of the second and third class to subscribe for stock In such sugar factories and to vote bonds for this purpose Under the act every company receiving re-ceiving the benefit of the bonds was I required to retain 10 cents from the purchase price of every ton of cane and pay It oer to the treasurer of the township to be applied In the payment pay-ment of these bonds The act declared de-clared that all mils receiving uch aid were public mills and should manufacture the sugar or syrup for I customers who furnished cane and that they might charge a toll for this manufacture I When the township of Mission refused re-fused payment on the coupons Dodge brought suit and to his allegations a demurrer l was filed and sustained that they were Insufficient In law to uphold his this ease decision The Appellate court affirmed |