Sanford v. Markham

This is an original action in the nature of quo warranto, filed in this court by the plaintiff against the defendants, alleging that under a proclamation issued by the Governor of the state of Oklahoma, on September 1, 1923, under which martial law in the city of Tulsa was established and a proclamation by the Governor of the state of Oklhoma under date of September 15, 1923, under which it was proclaimed that the entire state of Oklahoma was placed under martial law, the defendants as officers of the military forces of the state of Oklahoma intruded into and usurped and unlawfully held and…