Legal Opinion
City of Tulsa v. Commissioners of the Land Office
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 9, 1940No. 29628PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRiley, J.
This is an appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to plaintiff’s petition and judgment dismissing the action.
The city of Tulsa commenced this action against the Commissioners of the Land Office of the state and the board of county commissioners of Tulsa county seeking a decree declaring plaintiff to be the owner of a strip of land 50 feet wide between Rayburn subdivision (addition) and Home Gardens addition to the city of Tulsa, as an extension of Forty-Fifth West Avenue running from what was originally the north bank of the Arkansas river south to the center of the thread of the stream…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Brewer-Elliott Oil & Gas Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Winters v. MyersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1914
- State v. NolegsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- State ex rel. Wertz v. BerkSupreme Court of Kansas · 1930
- George v. Pierce CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1920
3Cited by5 opinions
- State Ex Rel. State Land Board v. Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1978
- The Cherokee Nation or Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma, the Choctaw Nation and the Chickasaw Nation v. State of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Aladdin Petroleum Corp. v. State ex rel. Commissioners of the Land OfficeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1948
- Opinion No. 69-242 (1970) Ag, Oklahoma Attorney General Reports1970
- Opinion No. 80-161 (1980) Ag, Oklahoma Attorney General Reports1980