Legal Opinion

Searcy v. State Ex Rel. Carl

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided August 8, 1917No. 9164PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Error from District Court, Wagoner County ; W. J. Campbell, Assigned Judge. Mandamus proceedings by the State of Oklahoma, on' relation of G. D. Carl and others, against Howard Searcy and others. There was a judgment in favor of relators, and respondents bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

SHARP, O. J.

Tliis ease arises out of a' controversy between relators and the respondents as to the law governing the election oí members of the board of education in the city of-Wagoner, a city of the first class operating under a charter form of government. Plaintiffs in error contend that, while AVag-oner is a charter city of less than 5,000 population, it is not controlled in the matter of the selection of Jits board of education by the city ordinances, but by the act of March 31, 1915 (Sess. Laws 1915, pp. 529-531) ; while the defendants, in error claim that under authority of said act,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Fletcher v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
  2. Ex Parte Crow DogSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  3. Jefferson v. WinklerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  4. Ham v. Board of PoliceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
  5. Bank for Savings v. CollectorSupreme Court of the United States · 1866

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Letteer v. Conservancy District No. 30Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1963
  2. State Ex Rel. Rucker v. TappSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1963
  3. Baker v. Tulsa Bldg. & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
  4. American Home Fire Assur. Co. of New York v. Mid-West Enterprise Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
  5. Horath v. PierceSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1973

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