Rowe v. Grand Jury of Johnston County

SUMMERS, Justice.

The Johnston County Grand Jury returned Accusations for Removal against County Commissioners Ron Rowe and J.W. Reed for wilful neglect of duty. The Accusations alleged that they allowed an abstract company to utilize the facilities of the county courthouse excessively. Be*1083cause the county was neither paid rent nor was it reimbursed for utilities the Grand Jury alleged that such was in violation of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, Article X, §§ 15 and 17, prohibiting public funds from being used in support of a private business.

Each Commissioner demurred and the…