Lusk v. White
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Enor from District Court, MeCurtain County; O. E. Dudley, Judge. Action by James W. Lusk and others, as receivers of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company, and the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company against ' Leon A. White, County Treasurer of MeCurtain County, Oklahoma. Judgment for defendant for costs, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Dissent
SHARP, C. ,T.
(dissenting). I am unable to concur in the opinion of the court. To my mind the limitation upon the levy is fixed by the act of May 15. 1913 (chapter 195, Sess. Laws 1913, pp. 435, 436), providing that, where the assessed valuation of any county is less than 810,000,000 and not less than $4,000,000 the county levy shall not exceed 5 mills for current expenses, and 1 mill additional in aid of common schools of the county. This act, which it would seem is controlling, the opinion does not take into consideration; in fact does not notice. The levy of 5 mills for “general county…
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