State Ex Rel. West v. Walrond
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
State Ex Rel. West v. Walrond, 98 P. 435 (Okla. 1908)
22 Okla. 457; 1908 OK 213; 1908 Okla. LEXIS 43
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State Ex Rel. West v. Walrond
Opinion of the Court
(after stating the facts as above). The questions of law presented in this case are identically the same as those in the case of State of Oklahoma ex rel. Charles J. West, Attorney General, v. J. F. Ledbetter, supra, and the conclusions of the court in that case must follow in this case. It is therefore the judgment of this court that plaintiff have the relief prayed for in its petition.
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- State Ex Rel. West, Atty. Gen., v. Walrond
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- Syllabus
- 1. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS — Cities of the First Class — Statehood Changes in Indian Territory. A city of the second class, under the laws in force in the Indian Territory prior to the admission of the state, having a population of more than 2,500, became, upon the admission of the state, by virtue of section 10 of the Schedule to the Constitution (Bunn’s Ed. sec. 459) a city of the first class under the laws extended in force in the state. 2. SAME — Subsequent Statutes Not Affecting. The act of the Legislature, approved Peb. 20, 1908 (Sess. Laws 1907-08, p. 183, c. 12), entitled “An act amending sections 1, '5, 6, of article 1, chapter 14, of an act providing for the incorporation and government of oities 'Of the first class, of the Statutes of Oklahoma of 1893; amending section 1, of article 1, of chapter 6, of the Session Laws of Oklahoma of 1897, entitled ‘An act amending sections 7 and 8 of article 1, chapter 14, of an act entitled “An act providing for the incorporation and government of cities of the first class, Statutes of Oklahoma 1893,” ’ providing for the incorporation and government of cities of the first class and declaring an emergency,” and the provisions thereof do not apply to items that were continued or became by sec. 10 of the ‘Schedule to the Constitution (Bunn’s Ed. sec. 459) cities of the first class under the laws extended in force in the state. (Syllabus by the Court.)