Legal Opinion
Hawks v. Bland
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 9, 1932No. 22906PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRiley, J.
Here is involved a gift of public money for private purposes. This is an action in mandamus whereby it is sought to force the State Highway Commission to audit, allow, and pay a claim of $5,000 to Mrs. Bland, based upon a claim for the death of her husband, a former employee of the state in its Highway Department, whose death was caused by a strain and injury to his intestines resulting from his attempt' to push a state owned automobile.
There is no appropriation out of which this claim can be paid; there was no money appropriated by the resolution, conceding for the moment that an…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Stevenson v. ColganCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Board of Comr's v. ShawSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1947
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