Oklahoma Ry. Co. v. Severns Paving Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Oklahoma County; George W. Clark, Judge. Action by the Severns Paving Company and the City >of Oklahoma City against the Oklahoma Railway Company. Judgment for the Paving Company, and the defendant Railway Company brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
¡OWEN, J.
This action was brought in the district court in Oklahoma county, by the Severns Paving Company against the city of Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma Railway Company for a writ of mandamus to require the city commissioners to reassess the private right of way of the railway company along the center of Linwood boulevard to pay a proportionate part of the cost of paving said boulevard. Judgment below was for the paving company. The railway company brings the case here.
The questions involved are: (1) Whether mandamus will lie; and (2) whether the private right of way of the railway company…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Oklahoma City v. ShieldsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
- City of El Reno v. Cleveland-Trinidad Paving Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- Arnsperger v. CrawfordCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1905
- Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. City of TulsaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
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