Guthrie National Bank v. McEl Hinney

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McAtee, J.:

This was an original proceeding in mandamus. Its object was to enforce the issue of warrants by the defendants, the mayor and common council of the city of Guthrie, under ch. 14, art. 1, of the Statutes of Oklahoma, 1890, being: “An Act for the purpose of providing for the Allowance and Payment of the Indebtedness Heretofore Created by the People and Cities of Guthrie, East Guthre, West Guthrie and Capitol Hill, now Consolidated into the Village of Guthrie.”

By this act the district judge of Logan county was authorized to appoint a board of…