Wheeler v. City of Muskogee
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from Superior Court, Muskogee County; A. W. Clapp, Special Judge. Action by B. B. Wheeler against the City of Muskogee. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
RITTENHOUSE, C.
The first question presented for our consideration is whether article 1, c. 10, Acts 1907-8, was original legislation, or borrowed from the laws of a sister state. It is contended by the plaintiff in error that said section was borrowed from the laws of the State of Missouri, and therefore this court adopted the construction placed thereon by the Supreme Court of that state in the case of Phoenix Brick & Construction Co. v. Gentry County, 257 Mo. 392, 166 S. W. 1034. In this we cannot agree. The First Legislature of Oklahoma adopted, with some slight changes, section…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Oklahoma City v. ShieldsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
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- Wahlgren v. City of Kansas CitySupreme Court of Kansas · 1889
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