Stearns, Mayor v. Sims
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
.Error from District Court, Pottawatomie Countyj W. N. Mdben, Judge. Mandamus by W. F. Sims against F. B. Stearns, as. mayor ■of the city of Shawnee. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant -brings error. citing: Bayard v. U. S., 32 L. Ed. (IT.
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.Error from District Court, Pottawatomie Countyj W. N. Mdben, Judge. Mandamus by W. F. Sims against F. B. Stearns, as. mayor ■of the city of Shawnee. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant -brings error. citing: Bayard v. U. S., 32 L. Ed. (IT. S.) 116; Territory ex rel. v. Crum (Okla.) 73 Pac.. 297; 26 Cyc. 161, 152; Corners Haline Co. v. Anderson, 20 Kan. 298; Martin v. New York, 81 N. Y. Supp. 412; Terhune v. Mayor, 88 N. Y. 247; Dolan v. Mayor, 68 N. Y. 278; Michel v. New Orleans, 32 La. Ann. 1094; Scott v. Crump, 64 N. W. 1 (Mich.); Westberg v. City of Kansas, 64 Mo. 493; Steubenville v.…
1Opinion of the Court
TüRNER, J.
On December 7, 1907, W. F. Sims, defendant in error, plaintiff belorv, brought suit in the district court of Pottawatomie county to mandamus F. P. Stearns, as mayor of the city of Shawnee, plaintiff in error, defendant below. The petition substantially states that on April 2, 1907, plaintiff was duly elected chief of police of said city, and by ordinance theretofore passed his salary as such was fixed at $1,200 per year; that on July 3, 1907, Hon. B. F. Burwell, judge of the Third judicial district of the territory of Oklahoma, at chambers in said city unlawfully suspended plaintiff…
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