Walker v. Oak Cliff Volunteer Fire Protection District

KAUGER, Justice.

The dispositive questions presented are: 1) whether a special election to establish a fire protection district, held without the notice prescribed by 19 O.S.1981 § 901.3,1 is valid; and 2) if the election is invalid, whether parties contesting an election to form a fire protection district may seek redress either in law or in equity. We find: 1) that an election to create a fire protection district is void unless it is preceded by publication notice for two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory comprising the proposed district as required by 19 O.S.1981…