Legal Opinion

School District No. 76 v. Capitol National Bank

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided July 30, 1898PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error from the Probate Court of Logan County; before J. C. Foster, Probate Judge. STATEMENT OP PACTS. Action by the Capitol National Bank against School District No. 70 and others. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants bring error.

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Error from the Probate Court of Logan County; before J. C. Foster, Probate Judge. STATEMENT OP PACTS. Action by the Capitol National Bank against School District No. 70 and others. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants bring error. This was an action brought by the defendant in error, the Capitol National Bank, against the plaintiffs in error, in the probate court of Logan county, to recover upon nineteen school warrants, copies of which are attached to the petition of the plaintiff as exhibits from 1 to 19, inclusive. The material averments in the petition are: That school township 15 north, of…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the court by

Hainer, J.:

The warrants sued upon in this action, except the last one, were issued while the school laws of 1890 were in force. The last warrant sued upon was issued March 18, 1893, after the school law of 1890 had been repealed, and the act of March 14,1893, was in operation. The theory of the defendant in error in this case is that the original indebtedness was an indebtedness incurred by the township for the benefit of all the inhabitants thereof, for the support and maintenance of the public schools; that the township school system was superseded by the district…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mount Pleasant v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Mobile v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Broughton v. PensacolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  4. Girard v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1869

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. v. Board of County Com'rsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
  2. Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City v. ThurmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
  3. Keys v. PonderSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
  4. Board of Education v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1904
  5. American St. of Boynton v. Bd. of Com'rs of MuskogeeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930

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