City of Oklahoma City v. Haskell, Governor

This is an original action in the Supreme Court' brought by the city of Oklahoma City in which a writ of mandamus is sought against the defendant, Charles N. Haskell, as Governor of the state of Oklahoma, requiring him as such official to appoint a commission to appraise the value of a strip of land which the board of park commissioners of the city of Oklahoma City desire to appropriate across certain public lands owned by the state for the location of a boulevard of the city. The proceeding is being taken, under the provisions of the chapter on eminent domain (ch. 37, p. 804, Comp. Laws of…