Boudinot v. State Ex Rel. Cannon

BERRY, Justice.

This action was instituted by defendant in error, State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Joe Cannon, hereafter referred to as “plaintiff”, against plaintiff in error, Mary C. Boudinot, hereafter referred to as “defendant”, to enjoin defendant from keeping a large number of cats on her residential property in Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was alleged that the noise and odor arising from keeping said cats created a public nuisance.

In her answer, defendant alleged that she at no time kept on her premises more than forty cats; that the cats were “kept safely, securely and in an extremely…