Legal Opinion

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Wiggins

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided July 30, 1897PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error from the District Court of Woodward County. Action to enjoin the excess in a tax levy for salary of county officers. Judgment for defendants, from which plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bierer, J.:

The plaintiff brought its action in the district court of Woodward county on the 4th day of May, 1897, its petition being as follows:

“In this District Court of Woodward county, Oklahoma Territory, The Atchicon, Topeka & Santa Ee railway company, plaintiff, against E. S. Wiggins, as county treasurer of the county of Woodward and Territory of Oklahoma, and A. Ingalls, W. W. Carter and Edward Claunch, the board of county commissioners of the county of Woodward and Territory of Oklahoma, defendants.
“ PETITION.
“Comes now the plaintiff and for its…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Libby v. BurnhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1818
  2. Board of Commissioners of Osborne County v. BlakeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1881
  3. Hurt v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1881

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. St. Louis & S. F. R. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  2. Bardrick v. DillonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1898
  3. Dickinson v. BlackwoodSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
  4. St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. TateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  5. Gulf Pipe Line Co. v. County Treasurer of Tulsa Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925

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