Incorparated Town of Tahlequah v. Guinn
Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory
Appeal from the United States Court for the Northern District. Joseph A. Gill, Judge. Action by James L. Guinn and others* against the Incorporated Town of Tahlequah and .others. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants appeal.
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Appeal from the United States Court for the Northern District. Joseph A. Gill, Judge. Action by James L. Guinn and others* against the Incorporated Town of Tahlequah and .others. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants appeal. On the 25th day of November, 1903, the plaintiffs below (appellees here) filed their complaint in equity against the defendants below (appellants here), and state that they are residents, qualified electors, and taxpayers of the incorporated town of Tahlequah, Ind. Ter., and file their complaint in behalf of themselves and others similarly situated. For their first cause of…
1Opinion of the CourtTownseND, J.
Appellants filed demurrer that the appel-^ lees did not have legal capacity to sue, and to each paragraph separately of their complaint, on the ground that neither of them states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action; and the overruling said demurrer, together with the action of the court in holding that appellants’ franchise was void, and in granting the injunction prayed for, are the specifications of error assigned by appellants. Appellants have discussed in their brief the questions involved under five different heads, and appellees have 'replied in their brief under nine…
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