Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Rhyner

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided December 7, 1920No. 11173PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error from District Court, Nowata County : C. W. Mason, Judge. Proceeding in mandamus by J. T. Thompson and others against the Board of Commissioners of Nowata County.to compel the selection of a site and the building .of a schoolhouse for the separate colored school of Consolidated District No. 1 of Nowata County. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error.

1Opinion of the CourtCollier, J.

The plaintiffs in error, J. T. Thompson. Walter French et al., hereinafter styled plaintiffs, filed a petition for and secured an alternative writ or mandamus against J. J. Rhyn.er, B. F. Devan. and James Harrison, constituting the board of county commissioners of Nowata county, hereinafter styled defendants.

On the 10th day of July, 1919, the alternate writ of mandamus was issued and served upon the defendants, and commanding as-follows:

“Ordered, considered, and adjudged, that you, J. J. Rhyner, B. F. Devan, and James Harrison, board of couniy commissioners of' Nowata county, state of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  4. Polin v. Retail Credit CompanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1970
  5. Hawkins v. HowardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934

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