City of Muskogee v. Klotz

LESTER, Y.

C. J. Lyman E. Klotz brought suit in the district court of Muskogee county, Okla., to compel through a writ of mandamus the payment by the city of Muskogee and its officers a one-third of a certain judgment that ■ plaintiff had previously obtained against the city of Muskogee in the United States Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The judgment that was obtained in the federal court against the city was on the alleged grounds that the city, by its tortious action, had invalidated certain street improvement bonds alleged to have been owned and in possession of the plaintiff,…