Stillwater Bd. of Education v. Aldredge

Opinion of the court by

Burwell, J.:

The plaintiff in error condemned certain real estate in the city of Stillwater for a school house site, but failed to give the owner of the land any notice of the proceeding, and the court held that the failure to give such notice rendered the condemnation void; and in an action of ejectment the school board, having taken possession and erected a school building thereon, the appellees were awarded a writ of ouster. (Aldredge v. School District No. 16, of Payne County, 10 Okla. 694.)

After the decision by this court, the city of Stillwater became a city of the…