Legal Opinion

City of Guthrie v. Shaffer

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided July 30, 1898PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Error from the District Court of Logan County, before Frank Dale, District Judge. Action by Lucy E. Shaffer against the city of Guthrie. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the court by

Burwell, J.:

Lucy E. Sbaffer, on November 30, 1896, commenced her action in the district court of Logan county against the city of Guthrie for damages in the sum of $10,000, for personal injuries received from being thrown from her cart while driving over a certain alleged defective and dangerous crossing. Issues were joined, and a trial had,-which resulted in a judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $1,010. From this judgment the city appeals to this court.

I. The first assignment of error is that the court erred in overruling defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s petition.…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. District of Columbia v. ArmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. Wiley v. KeokukSupreme Court of Kansas · 1870
  3. Commonwealth v. RyanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
  4. City of Oklahoma City v. MeyersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1896
  5. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. AderholdSupreme Court of Kansas · 1897

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Boutcher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910
  2. State v. HerringSupreme Court of Missouri · 1916
  3. Hockaday v. JonesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1899
  4. State v. SimesIdaho Supreme Court · 1906
  5. City of Chickasha v. LooneySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912

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