Legal Opinion

Dunham v. Ardery

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided September 15, 1914No. 6089PublishedCited by 46 opinions

Error from District Court, Bogan County; A. H. Huston, Judge. Mandamus by H. E. Ardery against R. N. Dunham, city clerk of the city of Guthrie. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtRiddle, J.

The city of Guthrie adopted a charter and is operating under a charter form of government. One J. E. Niesley was elected mayor of said city, and the plaintiff in error, R. N. Dunham, is the duly appointed and acting clerk. In October, 1913, defendant in error, H. F. Ardery, and other citizens, residents of the city of Guthrie, filed their petition with the plaintiff in error, seeking to recall said J. E. Niesley, mayor. Upon the filing of said petition, plaintiff in error, as city clerk, examined the same and compared it with the voters’ register of said city, and gave it such other…

2Cases cited28 opinions

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  4. Gaines v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
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3Cited by46 opinions

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  5. Donna Independent School Dist. v. First State Bank of DonnaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921

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