Board of County Commissioners v. Clarke & Courts
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Oklahoma County; before Benj. F. Burwell, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE FACTS. For a number of years prior to 1896, there was a dispute between the state of Texas and the United States as to the boundary line between Texas and Oklahoma, each party claiming the territory now embraced in Greer county, 'Oklahoma.
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Error from the District Court of Oklahoma County; before Benj. F. Burwell, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE FACTS. For a number of years prior to 1896, there was a dispute between the state of Texas and the United States as to the boundary line between Texas and Oklahoma, each party claiming the territory now embraced in Greer county, 'Oklahoma. In August, 1886, the inhabitants of said territory organized the same into a county under the laws of the state of Texas, and named it Greer county, Texas; and thereafter said county was recognized by the state of Texas as a legally organized county of said…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Hainer, J.:
Two questions are involved in the determination of this case, namely: (1) Is Greer county, Okla-ihoma, liable for the valid obligations of Greer county, 'Texas? And, (3) Are the warrants sued upon in this action barred by the statute of limitations ? We are of the opinion that the first question must be answered in the affirmative .and the second in the negative.
In Cullins v. Overton, 7 Okla. 470 this court held that Greer county, Texas, was a de facto municipal government. Mr. Chief Justice Burford, speaking for the court in this case discussing the history…
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