STATE EX REL. STEPHAN v. MARTIN

No. 51,844

227 Kan. 456 (1980)

608 P.2d 880

STATE OF KANSAS, ex rel., ROBERT T. STEPHAN, Attorney General, Appellant, v. PHILIP W. MARTIN, Director of Property Valuation, Kansas Department of Revenue, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney J. Bieker, assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, was with him on the briefs for the appellant.

Carol B. Bonebrake, of Kansas Department of Revenue, argued the cause, and Alan F. Alderson, general counsel, Clarence J. Malone, and William L. Edds, all of Kansas Department of Revenue, were with her on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SCHROEDER, C.J.:

This is an appeal by the Attorney General in a declaratory judgment action from a decision of the district court upholding the constitutionality of K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 79-342. The sole issue on appeal is whether that statute violates art. 11, § 1 of the Kansas Constitution.

The facts are stipulated. The Kansas Legislature in 1978 enacted K.S.A. 79-341 and 342 in response to cries for ad...

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