Legal Opinion

Buffington, Board of County Com'rs v. State Barnard

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided November 2, 1915No. 5202Published

Error From Superior Court, Garfield County; Dan Duett, Judge. Action by the State, on the relation of Kate Barnard, as Commissioner of Charities and Corrections, against B. F. Buffington and others, as Board of County Commissioners of Garfield County. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

RITTENHOUSE, C.

On January 6, 1913, Winfield Scott, judge of the county court of Garfield county, and as such, judge of the juvenile court of said county, appointed I. W. Scherich as probation officer, and presented said appointment to B. F. Buffington, I. G. Gossett, and H. H. Semke, constituting the board of county commissioners of Garfield county. On February 4, 1913, said board took the matter of the approval of the appointment of probation officer under consideration, and refused to assent to said appointment for the reason that the preceding board did not make an estimate for…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Board of Com'rs of Seminole County v. State Ex Rel.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  2. Sullins v. State Ex Rel. BarnardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912

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