Ruth v. Merrill
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Oklahoma County; Geo. W. Clark, Judge. Appeal by Charles IT. Ruth and others from the decision of the city clerk of Oklahoma City that a petition styled “Municipal Initiated Petition No. 1” did not contain the requisite number of signers to warrant calling the election as prayed. The district court dismissed the appeal, and Ruth and others bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtTurner, J.
On August 13, 1913, Charles IT. Ruth, plaintiff in error, filed with the city clerk of Oklahoma City a copy of a petition proposed to be circulated within the municipality, said petition being styled “Municipal Initiated Petition No. 1.” On October 13, 1913, said Ruth filed with the said clerk and mayor of said city the original petition, purporting to contain the signatures of 1,998 qualified electors of said city, duly certi fied to by the persons purporting to have circulated the same. On December 1, 1913, said clerk passed on the sufficiency of the petition, and found that the same did…
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