Aldredge v. School District No. 16
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Payne County; before John PL. Burford, District Judge. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. Tbis was an action brought in the district court of Payne county, to recover the use and possession of certain lots of ground within the corporate limits of Still-water, which the plaintiff, who is the plaintiff in error here, averred that the defendant unlawfully withheld and detained from the plaintiff, and which were the property of the plaintiff.
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Error from the District Court of Payne County; before John PL. Burford, District Judge. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. Tbis was an action brought in the district court of Payne county, to recover the use and possession of certain lots of ground within the corporate limits of Still-water, which the plaintiff, who is the plaintiff in error here, averred that the defendant unlawfully withheld and detained from the plaintiff, and which were the property of the plaintiff. It was set up as a defense that the defendant was an incorporated school district; that it required' ground upon which to erect a new…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
McAtee, J.:
Aldredge testified at the trial that he had never “received any notice from the defendant school district No. 16, or any person on its behalf, that said school district had or would institute proceedings to condemn the title to said lots in the second question described for a school site.” There was no evidence contradicting this testimony, and the plaintiff offered evidence to show that “no notice was published,” by which the plaintiff could be constructively notified of the pendency of the condemnation proceedings. The court held such notice immaterial.
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