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In Re Courthouse of Okmulgee County

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided November 14, 1916No. 8445PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Error from District Court, Okmulgee County; Ernest B. Hughes, Judge. In the matter of location of a courthouse in Okmulgee county. From, a judgment dismissing an appeal from a decision of the board of county commissioners locating the site for a county courthouse, the county and certain taxpayers bring error.

1Opinion of the CourtSharp, J.

May. 4, 1916, by a vote of two to one, ' the county commissioners of Okmulgee county selected as a site for the county courthouse about to be constructed • in the city of Okmulgee, Okmulgee county, certain lots in block 110 of said city, owned by James Parkinson, J. D. Brazeel, and Anne Thomas, respectively, and by the same vote declined to consider and accept as a site for said courthouse' certain lots in block 59 of said city. These tracts are designated in the record„and the briefs of counsel as the Parkinson and Baker sites, and we shall so refer to them. Within 20 days after the action…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Mississippi v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  2. Grider v. TallySupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
  3. Marcum v. Ballot Com'rsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
  4. Malmo's Appeal From County CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
  5. Rainey v. RidgewaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1907

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3Cited by16 opinions

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  3. Board of Com'rs of Cherokee County v. HatfieldSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
  4. Board of Com'rs of Atoka Co. v. CypertSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
  5. Central Pacific Railway Co. v. AgerOregon Supreme Court · 1933

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