Bodine v. City of Oklahoma City
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Oklahoma County; James I. Phelps, Judge. Action by the city of Oklahoma City and others, composing the board of commissioners of said city, against Tom Bodine, county clerk, and others, composing the excise board of Oklahoma county. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtHiggins, J.
In 1911 the city of Oklahoma City adopted a charter form of government, and by the terms of its charter provided a complete system of assessing, levying, and collecting taxes, independent of the instru-mentalities furnished by the general laws of the state. The charter further provided that the board of city commissioners should prepare a budget, comprising all such estimated amounts found to be necessary to pay the probable expenditures of the city for the next ' ensuing year, and that the tax levy made by them should be based thereon; the levy, however, not to exceed the limit provided by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lackey v. State Ex Rel. GrantSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
- Thurston, County Treasurer v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- State Ex Rel. Reardon, Co. v. ScalesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
- Mitchell v. CarterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Rogers v. Bass & Harbour Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
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3Cited by18 opinions
- City of Sapulpa v. LandSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Oklahoma News Co. v. RyanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- City of Ardmore v. Excise BoardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1932
- Ryan v. Roach Drug Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
- In Re Initiative Petition, City of OkmulgeeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
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