Bedwell v. Ross and Ross
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Woods County; before John L. Pancoast, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE EACTS. This action was commenced in the district court of Woods •county by filing in the clerk’s office of said court on the 25th •day of June, 1902, a petition for injunction, and a summons was issued for defendants. At the time of filing the petition, and for some time afterwards, the probate judge of Woods county was absent from the county.
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Error from the District Court of Woods County; before John L. Pancoast, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE EACTS. This action was commenced in the district court of Woods •county by filing in the clerk’s office of said court on the 25th •day of June, 1902, a petition for injunction, and a summons was issued for defendants. At the time of filing the petition, and for some time afterwards, the probate judge of Woods county was absent from the county. Hon. John L. Pancoast had been appointed one of the justices of the supreme court of Oklahoma Territory, and had been assigned by the supreme court of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Irwin, J.:
It is contended by counsel for plaintiff in error that as the judicial power of the territory is vested in the- supreme court and probate courts and justices of the-peace, and that each justice has jurisdiction throughout the-territory, and that the division of the territory into districts- and the assigning of a particular judge to preside in each district, is merely a matter of convenience, and does not deprive a judge who has been assigned to a particular district of jurisdiction to act in any other district within the territory; that' the acts of . a…
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