City of Lawton v. Harkins
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Comanche County; J. T. Johnson, Judge. Action by James G. Harkins against the City of Lawton and John Lantznester. From a judgment for plaintiff for $500, defendants bring error. Dismissed as to the City of Lawton.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
ROBERTSON, C.
The defendant in error, James G. Harkins, filed his petition in the district court of Comanche county on September 30, 1907, and, among other things, charged that John Lantznester, one of the plaintiffs in error, was on August 6, 1907, a police officer of the city of Lawton, charged with the duties, as such, to'“enforce the laws and ordinances of such city and keep the peace, arrest all violators of the laws and ordinances of the city, and the disturbers of the peace of said city, and bring them before the police judge and file complaint against the wrongdoers.”…
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