Phenis v. State

The plaintiff in error, E. C. Phenis, here referred to as the defendant, was in the year 1920 clerk of the school board at Devol, Okla. T. C. Dillon was treasurer and S. W. Gregory president of the board. The defendant was a general contractor by occupation, and owned and operated some trucks. Devol is situated near Red River, adjacent to the Burkburnett oil field in Texas, and about this time there was an unusual influx of people into the town and vicinity of Devol, so that the school facilities became inadequate to care for the pupils who desired to attend school. The board therefore…