Legal Opinion

City of Tulsa v. Williamson

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided October 29, 1954No. 36677PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WELCH, Justice.

This action presents the question whether the Attorney General as ex-ofificio Bond Commissioner of the State should be required in mandamus to approve a certain negotiable coupon bond issue of the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

It was the overall purpose of the city to purchase from the Thomas -Gilcrease Foundation a certain extensive collection of American History and Art then owned by the Foundation in the City of Tulsa, and to thereafter house and maintain the same as a Public Museum in the City of Tulsa.

The purchase price was $2,250,000, which the city intended to pay by a bond…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Spires v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1906
  2. Slavich v. HamiltonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
  3. City of Ardmore v. State Ex Rel. BestSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
  4. Sharp v. HallSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1947
  5. In Re East Bay Etc. Water Bonds of 1925California Supreme Court · 1925

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Sublett v. City of TulsaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1965
  2. Uhls v. State Ex Rel. City of CheyenneWyoming Supreme Court · 1967
  3. City of Shawnee v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1959
  4. Lexington Park Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. v. RobidouxCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1958
  5. Settle v. City of MuskogeeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1969

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