Lee Treasurer v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Kingfisher County. Defendant in error, who is a saloon keeper in the city of Kingfisher, brought his action in mandamus in the district court of Kingfisher county, on January 12, 1895, to compel the plaintiff in error, the county treasurer of the county, to accept certain county warrants in payment of his liquor license.
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Error from the District Court of Kingfisher County. Defendant in error, who is a saloon keeper in the city of Kingfisher, brought his action in mandamus in the district court of Kingfisher county, on January 12, 1895, to compel the plaintiff in error, the county treasurer of the county, to accept certain county warrants in payment of his liquor license. An alternative writ of mandam us was issued, to which the county treasurer made return and answer, alleging in substance that he did not receive the warrants in payment of the liquor .license of the plaintiff because it was the duty of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bierer, J.:
This case presents one question, and that is, whether Robex-ts is entitled to make payment of his liquor license, and whether .the county treasurer was required to receive the same, in outstanding warrants of said county, and which had been registered and not paid for want of funds, and where there were many thousand dollars in amount of other county warrants outstanding and entitled to payment in advance of those tendered.
It is claimed by Roberts that, under the law, he can make payment of his liquor license in such county warrants, while…
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