Martin v. Territory of Oklahoma Ex Rel. Gray
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Logan County. Mandamus by the Territory of Oklahoma on the relation of W. H. Gray, receiver of the National Bank of Guthrie, against the mayor and common council of the city of Guthrie to require respondents to levy a special tax for the payment of certain warrants issued by said city.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tarsney, J.:
The conditions from which the debts and obligations originated, for which the warrants in controversy in this cause were issued, and the history of such conditions are fully stated in the City of Guthrie v. Territory, ex rel. Losey, 1 Okla. 188, and need not be fully stated here, as the questions presented by this record' are purely questions of law. The judgment of the court below, awarding a peremptory mandamus, requiring the respondents to levy a special tax to pay the warrants in question, was rendered upon a motion for judgment upon…
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