State Ex Rel. White v. Beeler

HALLEY, Justice.

This is an action by the State of Oklahoma ex rel. Henry G. White and two other resident taxpayers of Grady County for the use and benefit of that county, against the County Commissioners as individuals and as the Board of County Commissioners of Grady County, and Woodrow W. Bowers, the County Engineer of Grady County. We shall refer to the parties as plaintiffs and defendants as they appeared in the trial court.

Plaintiffs seek to recover from defendants a judgment for monies alleged to have been illegally and fraudulently paid by the County Commissioners to Woodrow W. Bowers…