Mulligan v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Grady County: Will Linn, Judge. Action by E. B. Johnson to restrain the county treasurer from collecting assessments levied against his land. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtOwen, C. J.
The assessments enjoined in this proceeding were levied for the payment of bonds issued in behalf of a drainage district in Grady county. The drainage district was created under section 3046, Comp. Laws of 1909, and the decisive question is whether the commissioners had jurisdiction, the petition failing to describe the drainage district so the aggregate acres might be ascertained from an examination of the petition.
This statute provides that before the commissioners shall establish any drain or improvement district a petition shall be filed, signed either by fifteen per centum of the owners…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Morrow v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- City of Muskogee v. NicholsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
- Southern Surety Co. v. JaySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
- Coyle v. Board of Com'rs of Kay CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- Board of Com'rs. of Rogers Co. v. LipeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
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- Seay v. HawkinsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1927
- Adams v. Washita ConserVancy Dist. No. 1.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1928
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