City of New Cordell v. Mansell

This is a proceeding in error from the district court of Washita county, Okla.; Honorable E. L. Mitchel being the trial judge. . This is the second time it has come to this court. It started in May, 1925. The purpose of the suit was to enjoin the levying of taxation on the property of the plaintiffs in the town of Cordell for thr purpose of patting in a pavement.

The petition was filed by the taxpayers against the city officials on the 1st of May, 1925. The proposed contractor, H. Baldwin, was made a party defendant. It appears from the petition that on the 19th of January, 1925, a resolution…