Mayor of Guthrie v. Territory Ex Rel. Losey
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Appeal from the District Court of Logan County, Hon. E. B. Green, Judge. Mandamus by the Territory of Oklahoma on the relation of Marquis D. Losey against the Mayor and common council of the City of Guthrie, to compel defendants to issue a warrant for the payment of relator’s claim for money due him from defendants in return for duties performed as referee under direction of the court in fixing the amount of certain claims against the city. ■ Defendants made return to…
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Appeal from the District Court of Logan County, Hon. E. B. Green, Judge. Mandamus by the Territory of Oklahoma on the relation of Marquis D. Losey against the Mayor and common council of the City of Guthrie, to compel defendants to issue a warrant for the payment of relator’s claim for money due him from defendants in return for duties performed as referee under direction of the court in fixing the amount of certain claims against the city. ■ Defendants made return to relator’s alternative writ of mandamus by way of demurrer, which was overruled, and defendants answered. Relator’s demurrer to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
BURFORD, J :
On the 22dday of April, 1889, at the opening of the Oklahoma country to settlement and occupancy, a large number of people settled for townsite purposes upon the lands now occupied by the city of Guthrie. The act of congress approved March 2, 1889 contains a provision that no entry of lands for townsite purposes shall embrace more than 320 acres in any one entry. To avoid this inhibition and seggregate more lands for the purpose of trade and business, four separate entries were made of these lands, consisting of 320 acres each, and were…
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