Sauer v. McMurtry Ex Rel.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Eoger Mills County. STATEMENT OE THE CASE. Plaintiff’s petition filed in the district court of Eoger Mills county September 5, 1893. Petition verified by J. W. McMurtry, under the seal of the district court, and avers that he is the duly elected, qualified and acting county attorney of said county, and a resident and taxpayer of said county, and that this action is brought in behalf of himself and all the taxpayers of said county.
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Error from the District Court of Eoger Mills County. STATEMENT OE THE CASE. Plaintiff’s petition filed in the district court of Eoger Mills county September 5, 1893. Petition verified by J. W. McMurtry, under the seal of the district court, and avers that he is the duly elected, qualified and acting county attorney of said county, and a resident and taxpayer of said county, and that this action is brought in behalf of himself and all the taxpayers of said county. That the said W. P. Francis and J. B. Freeman and O. B. Howerton are the legally elected and acting county commissioners, and that…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Scott, J.:
This cause was consolidated on September 17, 1895, in this court, with the case of Hoffman v. The County Commissioners et al., on motion, upon the hearing of which it appeared that the questions involved in each of the cases were identical.
That case having been decided then, (see 3 Okla. 325, 41 Pac. Rep. 566), in an opinion very full and elaborate, uovering.the whole history of the legislation and laws applicable to the question involved, from the act of congress of July 30, 1886, down to the statutory provisions of the Territory of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hoffman v. County CommissionersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1895
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