Legal Opinion

Board of Education v. Board of County Commissioners

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided September 2, 1904PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error from the District Court of Kingfisher County; before Clinton F. Irwin, Trial. Judge. STATEMENT OE EAOTS. This action was commenced in the district court of Kingfisher county, by filing therein a petition ■ for injunction as follows: "Comes now the above named plaintiff by G. L. Brown, the county attorney of said county, and the agent thereof for the purpose -of bringing this action, and for cause of action against the defendant alleges: “That on May 12, 1896, the…

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Error from the District Court of Kingfisher County; before Clinton F. Irwin, Trial. Judge. STATEMENT OE EAOTS. This action was commenced in the district court of Kingfisher county, by filing therein a petition ■ for injunction as follows: "Comes now the above named plaintiff by G. L. Brown, the county attorney of said county, and the agent thereof for the purpose -of bringing this action, and for cause of action against the defendant alleges: “That on May 12, 1896, the voters of Kingfisher county by a vote of nine hundred forty-nine (949) for, and eight hundred and eighty-eight (888) against,…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the court by

Gillette, J.:

It will be seen from the petition and the answer admitting • all the facts stated in the petition, that no question is presented'other than the one naked legal proposition, to wit:

Has the plaintiff in error, the board of education of the city of Kingfisher, 0. T., power to sell and dispose of lots 3, 4, 5 & 6, in block 64, North Kingfisher, and the school buildings thereon situated, used and occupied as a separate school for colored children, for the purpose of converting said property into cash to be used in building and maintaining an addition to the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Ward v. FloodCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874
  2. Cory v. CarterIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
  3. State ex rel. Stoutmeyer v. DuffyNevada Supreme Court · 1872
  4. United States v. BuntinUnited States Circuit Court · 1882
  5. Porter v. Commissioners of Kingfisher CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1898

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Briggs v. ElliottDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1951
  2. Dameron v. BaylessArizona Supreme Court · 1912
  3. State Ex Rel. Burns v. SteelyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1979
  4. School District No. 71 v. OverholserSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1906
  5. Briggs v. ElliottDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1951

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