Legal Opinion
Hoover v. State Ex Rel. Selby
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 17, 1918No. 9143PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Error from District Court, Oklahoma County; Edward. De-wes Oldfield, Judge. ' Action" by tbe 'State, on tbe relation of Cbas. B. Selby, County Attorney, against T. A. Hoover, to enjoin the operation of a dance hall. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
HOOKER, C.
The county attorney of Oklahoma county instituted tbis action below to enjoin the plaintiff in error, Hoover, from operating a dance ball in Oklahoma City. Tbe lower court sustained the injunction, and Hoover appealed here. In his brief there appears the following language :
“We take a cheerful view of the weaknesses of human kind contrasting with' the view of the long-haired county attorney who by this action would hold himself up as a holier than thou individual.
“Throughout this whole trial we were re- . minded of the deliverence from the baneful influence of long-haired…
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