Legal Opinion

Town of Sallisaw v. Ritter

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided July 28, 1914No. 3766PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error from County Court, Sequoyah County; W. N. Littlejohn, Judge. Action by George W. Ritter against the Town of Sallisaw, .a corporation. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

BREWER, C.

This action was originally commenced in a justice of the peace court, to recover damages for the loss of a mule, alleged to have been occasioned by a defective bridge in the town of Sallisaw. A demurrer was sustained to the petition in the justice of the peace court, and an appeal was taken therefrom to the county court, of Sequoyah county, where the petition was held sufficient to state a cause of action.

The petition, after alleging the defendant’s corporate character, the location of the bridge in the town, the street upon which the bridge was located, that it was a…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jansen v. City of AtchisonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1876
  2. City of Guthrie v. FinchSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1904
  3. Inc. Town of Idabel v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Missouri, O. & G. Ry. Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  2. City of Woodward v. BowderSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  3. City of Collinsville v. BrickeySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
  4. City of Lawton v. HillsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  5. City of Picher v. BarrettSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926

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