Mayor of Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil & Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Osage County; John J. Shea, Judge. Mandamus, on petition of the Pawhuska Oil & Gas Company and others, against the Mayor and Councilmen of City of Paw-huska. Decree for complainants, and defendants bring error.
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Error from District Court, Osage County; John J. Shea, Judge. Mandamus, on petition of the Pawhuska Oil & Gas Company and others, against the Mayor and Councilmen of City of Paw-huska. Decree for complainants, and defendants bring error. On the 12th day of November, 1909, the Pawhuska Oil & Gas Company, as plaintiff, began its action in the district court of Osage county against the mayor and councilmen of the city of Pawhuska as defendants, for peremptory writ of mandamus, directing them in their legislative capacity to grant a certain franchise set out in the petition of plaintiffs. On the…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
(after stating the facts as above). It is alleged by counsel for the plaintiffs in error that the trial eouto erred in holding: (1) That plaintiff was not, prior to the institution of this action, in the full and complete enjoyment of all rights, franchises, and privileges sought to be secured by the proceedings herein. (2) That sections 4a to 5b, inclusive, of article 18 of the Constitution of Oklahoma, had been vitalized bv legislative enactment, and were enforceable. (3) That all proceedings had prior to the presenting of said franchise ordinance to plaintiff in error on November 8, 1909,…
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- Town of Grove v. Haskell, GovernorSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
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