Board of Comrs. of Roger Mills Co. v. Rowden
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Municipal Indebtedness — New Counties — Issue of Wat'rants. A newly-organized county in this Territory has the power to create a valid indebtedness, and issue warrants as an evidence thereof, prior to the making and completion of an assessment for the purposes of. territorial and county taxation, to meet the ordinary expenses which are necessary to carry on and conduct the functions of county government; and the incurring of such indebtedness is not in contravention of…
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Municipal Indebtedness — New Counties — Issue of Wat'rants. A newly-organized county in this Territory has the power to create a valid indebtedness, and issue warrants as an evidence thereof, prior to the making and completion of an assessment for the purposes of. territorial and county taxation, to meet the ordinary expenses which are necessary to carry on and conduct the functions of county government; and the incurring of such indebtedness is not in contravention of section 4 of the act of congress approved July 30, 1886, which prescribes, among other things, that no county shall ever…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Hainer, J.:
This was an action brought in the district court of Roger Mills county on July 12, 1897, by Sat Rowden, defendant in error, against the board of commissioners of Roger Mills county, plaintiff in error, to recover tlie sum of $229.73, with interest thereon, upon two county warrants issued to the defendant in error for services rendered as county treasurer of said county. The plaintiff in error sought to defeat the payment of the warrants, on the ground that, at the time the services were rendered.and the warrants issued, the county had no power to incur any…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hall Lithographing v. Bd. of Comrs. of Roger MillsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1899
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