Harris v. Oklahoma Natural Gas Co.

Opinion by

LOGSDON, O.

Only one question is presented and argued in this case by counsel for the respective parties, and that question is thus stated in the brief of defendant :

“Whether or not the district court of Payne county, Oklahoma, had jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the action.

A determination of this question involves a construction and interpretation of certain provisions of chapter 246, Sess. Laws 1915, known as the Workmen’s Compensation Law, which, with the amendments thereto, is embraced in chapter 56, Comp. Stats. 1921.

Both plaintiff and defendant rely upon the case of St.…