Legal Opinion
Board of Com'rs of Carter County v. Dorough
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 30, 1936No. 25930PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPhelps, J.
In the district court of Carter county the plaintiff obtained a writ of mandamus against the board of county commissioners and the excise board of (that county requiring them to make an appropriation for the compensation due the plaintiff as county superintendent of public health, according to the provisions therefor contained in section 7770, O. S. 1931. The defendants have appealed, contending that whether the county commissioners should make an appropriation to pay plaintiff’s compensation or salary was entirely discretionary with that board, and that therefore mandamus does not lie.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Dunham v. ArderySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Board of Com'rs of Seminole County v. State Ex Rel.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Board of Ed. of Town of Owasso v. ShortSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- State Ex Rel. H. F. Wilcox Oil & Gas Co. v. WalkerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
- Board of Com'rs of Creek County v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1929
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Payne, County Treas. v. JonesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1944
- Jewett v. WilliamsIdaho Supreme Court · 1962
- Box v. State Election Board of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1974
- Board of Trustees of Firemen's Relief & Pension Fund v. CottonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1953
- Andrews v. State ex rel. Department of Public SafetyCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 2001