Legal Opinion

Dunagan v. Town of Red Rock

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided May 16, 1916No. 7292PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Error from District Court, Noble County; W. M. Bowles, Judge. Suit by R. N. Dunagan and others, taxpayers of the incorporated town of Red Rock, against the Town of Red Rock and others, to enjoin the execution, issuance, and delivery of $22,000 in municipal bonds, voted at a special election for waterworks purposes. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs bring error.

1Opinion of the CourtSharp, J.

The errors assigned and relied upon for a reversal are that the court erred in its finding and decision that E. L. Hubbard and Clyde Cady were qualified property taxpaying electors at the town election; and that the election was illegal and void, for that all but qualified property taxpaying voters were barred from voting thereat; and that on account of said errors the court erred in overruling plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial.

At the election the vote on the bond issue, as canvassed by the election officers, stood 29 votes for and 28 votes against the proposition. It is urged that,- neither…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Williams v. CicottMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
  2. State Ex Rel. Edwards v. MillarSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
  3. City of Ardmore v. State Ex Rel. BestSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
  4. Coleman v. FrameSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  5. Gumm v. HubbardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Williams v. City of NormanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
  2. Pitts v. AllenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1928
  3. Adams v. City of HobartSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
  4. City of Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
  5. City of Shawnee v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1959

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