Legal Opinion
Lowden v. Oklahoma County, Excise Board
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 19, 1940No. 29665PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELCH, V. C. J.
The protest here involves the levy to finance the 1939-40 fiscal year appropriation for the salaries and expenses of the public defender and probation officer of Oklahoma county. It is asserted that the levies are illegal and unauthorized for the reason that articles 12 and 13, chapter 35, S. L., 1939, the acts creating the offices, are violative of section 32, article 5, and section 59, article 5, and section 46, article 5, of the State Constitution.
Each of said acts provides that it shall apply to counties having a population of 200,000 or more and containing a city of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Burks v. WalkerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- Roberts v. LedgerwoodSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1928
- Key v. DonnellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Caddo County v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1932
- Crawford v. SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Tulsa Exposition & Fair Corp. v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1970
- City of Enid v. Public Employees Relations BoardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2006
- Isaacs v. Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1966
- Dobbs v. Board of County Com'rs of Oklahoma CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1953
- Haas v. HollomanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
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