State Ex Rel. Owen v. Carter
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Oklahoma County; Geo. W. Clark, Judge.' Mandamus by the State on the relation of Thomas H. Owen against F. C. Carter, State Auditor. Judgment for respondent, and relator brings error. Reversed.
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Error from District Court, Oklahoma County; Geo. W. Clark, Judge.' Mandamus by the State on the relation of Thomas H. Owen against F. C. Carter, State Auditor. Judgment for respondent, and relator brings error. Reversed. (All members of the Supreme Court having certified their disqualifications in the case, the following were duly appointed and qualified as Special Justices: N. A. Gibson, H. A. Ledbetter, Ralph E. Campbell, J. G. Ralls, Horace G. MeKeever, J. A. Duff, Philos S. Jones, R. H. Loofbourrow, Jason G. McCombs.)
1Opinion of the CourtLedbetter, J.
Thomas H. Owen was elected Justice of the Supreme Court' of Oklahoma at the general election of 1918 for a term of four years, and on the second Monday in January, 1919, he qualified as such Justice, and entered upon the duties of his office, which he has since been discharging. For his services during the month of July, 1919, he presented to, and filed with, the defendant in error, F. C. Carter, State Auditor of the State of Oklahoma, his claim, duly verified, in the sum of $500, which was for his salary for the month of July, 1919, and demanded that the- defendant in error approve the same…
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