State Ex Rel. Davis v. Beatty
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Appeal from the County Court Pottawatomie County; W. S. Pendleton, County Judge. Action by the State, on the relation of J. Warren Davis, executor of will of Harriet H. Nichols Cook, deceased, and ancillary administrator thereof, against Wm. Beatty, pretended special judge of Pottawatomie County Court, and others, for writ of prohibition.
1Opinion of the CourtMcNEILL, J.
This was an original action brought in this court by the state of Oklahoma ex rel. J. Warren Davis, executor of the last will and testament of Harriet H. Nichols 'Cook, deceased, and ancillary administrator thereof, against William Beatty, special judge of the county court of Pottawatomie county et al. The petition is very voluminous, and sets up the fact that William Beatty is pretending to act as special judge of the county court of Pottawatomie county in the estate of Harriet Nichols Cook, deceased. The petition sets forth -that the regular county judge entered an order disqualifying…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. HaworthSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- Hampton v. ThomasSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
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- Excise Board of Creek County v. State Ex Rel. KissickSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924