State Ex Rel. West v. Ledbetter
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Action by the state, on the relation of Charles J. West, Attorney General, to oust from office J. F. Ledbetter. This is an original action by the state ex rel. Charles J. West, Attorney General, to oust from the office of marshal of the city of Muskogee one J. F. Ledbetter, and to have declared by judgment of the court that one Charles Kimsey is entitled to said office. There is no controversy about the facts in the case, and it is submitted upon an agreed statement.
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Action by the state, on the relation of Charles J. West, Attorney General, to oust from office J. F. Ledbetter. This is an original action by the state ex rel. Charles J. West, Attorney General, to oust from the office of marshal of the city of Muskogee one J. F. Ledbetter, and to have declared by judgment of the court that one Charles Kimsey is entitled to said office. There is no controversy about the facts in the case, and it is submitted upon an agreed statement. Muskogee was on the first Tuesday in April, 1907, under chapter 29 of Mansfield’s Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas, then in…
1Opinion of the CourtHates, J.
(after stating the facts as above). The propositions presented by this case can best be disposed of by answering the two following questions: First. What did the status of cities on the Indian Territory side of the state that were cities of the second class under the laws in force in that territory with more Chan 2,500 inhabitants prior to the admission of the state into the Union become upon the admission of the state? Second. What effect, if any, has subsequent Jegislation bad upon the status of such cities and their officers?
1. By an act of Congress approved June 28, 1898 (30 Stat. 495, c.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State Ex Rel. Kline v. BridgesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
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