Legal Opinion

City of Guthrie v. Wylie

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided September 4, 1896PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Error from the District Court of Logan County; ftefore Frank Dale, District Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the court by

Tarsney, J.:

The facts presented in this record necessary to be stated are: That on the 22nd day of April, 1889, the townsite of the present city of Guthrie in this Territory was settled upon by townsite settlers; that by a popular vote the people living on said townsite in November, 1889, attempted and assumed to establish and organize a municipal city government. That they went through the forms of electing and qualifying a mayor, council, clerk, treasurer and other officers common to a city government. That the persons assuming to be such officers performed the duties…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Mount Pleasant v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Welland Canal Co. v. HathawayNew York Supreme Court · 1832
  3. Mobile v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  4. Heaston v. Cincinnati & Fort Wayne RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1861
  5. Bigelow v. GregoryIllinois Supreme Court · 1874

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Griffin v. CulpSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
  2. Ocean Beach Heights, Inc. v. Brown-Crummer Investment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Cleveland v. School Dist. No. 79, Grady CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  4. Goodwin v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
  5. Grennan v. CarsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910

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