Legal Opinion

National Bank of Commerce of Guthrie v. Lee

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided January 9, 1912No. 1278Published

Error from District Court, Greer County; G. A. Brown, Judge. Action by the National Bank of Commerce of Guthrie against L. F. Lee and another, copartners doing business as Lee & Campbell, and the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Greer. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.

This was an action commenced by the plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, against the defendants in error, defendants below, to recover a certain amount, alleged to be due plaintiff on a warrant issued by the board of county commissioners of Greer county, to apply on the construction of a courthouse on the rental plan. The instrument sued upon was one of ten of like tenor, which the contractors, L. F. Lee and A. O. Campbell, sold and assigned to the plaintiff, and is in words and figures as follows:

“Number 2. Dollars.
“$9,540.00
“Oklahoma Territory.

i “Mangum, Okla., July '21, 1905.

“To the County…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Lincoln County v. LuningSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Chicot County v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. County of Greene v. DanielSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  4. Clapp v. County of CedarSupreme Court of Iowa · 1857
  5. Rogers v. SchulenburgCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896

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