Dixon v. Shaw

January 21, 1927, this court sustained a motion filed by the plaintiffs herein, praying it to exercise its original jurisdiction, under section 2, article 7, of the Constitution, and that it permit to be filed, and that the court entertain their petition for, a peremptory writ of mandamus. Thereupon the petition was filed. Its allegations are made by J. W. Dixon and others, about 60 members of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh Legislature of the state of Oklahoma,., now in regular biennial session (section 27, art. 5, of the Constitution), as plaintiffs. The writ is sought against…