Suter v. City of Okmulgee

IRWIN, Justice.

The city of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, hereinafter called City, filed an action against W. A. Suter, hereinafter referred to as defendant, seeking to enjoin defendant from operating an open air fruit and vegetable market within the City. The action was predicated on the allegations that defendant was maintaining a nuisance in such operation and that he had not secured a permit for a change of use of the land before changing his land from residential purposes to business purposes.

Defendant denied that the operation of the market constituted a nuisance and further denied that he had…