The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-11-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TO UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT
PERRY WARRANT CASE
Greer County Case Involves
Ma0gum Town Lots

capmn Hou f. Hcglar clerk of the
/ oklahoma supreme court has completed
I the work Of uunscrlbing light appeals
/ from That court 90 the supreme court Of
I The United States, the . ealer number
/ 20 ho appeeled ai one time ~ the history
of tine territory. ln au The cases .Eo
are points Of great impo -talce TO the tc-
ritcry at large
! The title TO q t-act Of land. adjoining
the city Of Enid. and valued al from $50
/ 600 20 $4,000 is involved IN the case Of
Myrtle Gillett vs. John Romig and d. w
Harding. II originated ln the courts in
500. In the foreclosure OF mortgage
given by Don Gllott no se-yice was OBJ
tninod on Myrtle Gnett his sister-in-
law to whom the title had been trans
ferred in tho meantime Tho purchasers
Of Mrs Giletts interests brought suit to
annul tho title held by D. w. Harding
through the foreclosure The Oklahoma
supreme court. several years ago. set
aside the sale TO Hafdlng and this
decision was affirmed bv the United
states supreme court, but when the
case came back to Garfield county for
"a new trial Judgment wax given in the
district court in favor Of Harding. The
territorial supreme court again stood
by IT'S former decision and rove sef
the Garfield county court Harding
again takes the case to the United States
supreme court
The much discussed fell~w servant law
g involved In the damage suit Of the
MeCaha e stcen Construction company
VS.. William n Wilson, which originated
in the dist-ict court of OSlarom county.
Jhe territorial supreme court recently
afirmeG the findings Of tie lower court
la giving Wilson Judgment fo- $4,000
damages. The supreme court held that
negligence n the part OF the employing
corporation itself can not be 3alliated by
pleading negligence Of employees. The
company carries the case TO Washington
In the case of J. A. Boeard vs.. f. IT,
Sweet ct al, an echo OF the time when
Greer county was a part Of the state
Of Texas Is found Sweet bought land
adjoining the town Of Mangum f-om
tho ntste OF Texas. and e. encourage
"a newspaper just storted there gave
the company which published Il the
right 10 sell the lots into which his
land was divided lie gave deed to
Bogard but the deal fen through and
Sweet sued and recovered tile TO the
land. Bogard appeals.
j. b. Beadles a Guthrie capitalist. I
IS appealing from the decision OF the |
Oklahoma supreme court which recent /
y affirmed the opinion OF District Judge I
Hainer in Noble county, ln refusing to /
issue q writ of mandamus IN a case
where Beadles Is attempurg to force /
Mayor Smyse-. of Pe-ry. and the city 4
council to reimburse him for $4,000 old /
city Of Perry warrants Beades for I
merly lost the case in the dlst-iet and /
supreme courts. and his present action /
in asking a writ OF mandamus was COM
menced In order to take an appeal to the
United States supreme court
During the recent session Of tho ok
lahoma sup-eme court Justice Pam
coast in an opinion reversed tho dis
t-ict court Of Pottawatomie county in
the case of Neil p. Anderson ct al Ss.
the Gulf Compress Company. Pan /
coasts decision was strictly anti trust.
Anderson ana Dis associates sought 70
enioin the officials of the Shawnee CONF
press company from leasing tie plant OF
the Gulf Compress company, the alleged
compress trust" with a stipulation that
they would not again engage in the com
press buiness within hfty miles Of any
plant controlled by the Gulf Compress
company. The injunction was refused by
the district court, but the supreme court
held such contract contrary TO pub
He policy and ordered the cancellation Of
the lease F-om this orde. the Gulf
Congress company is appealing.
rhe three other cases appealed at this
time to the United States rupreme court
are p-umm- FlatO Commission company
OF Kansas city. Mo-. vs. r. G. Edmlsson,
from Woods county. WHEREIN the COM
pauy seeks 10 collect on old cattle loans;
the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific
Railway company vs. John stibbs, from
Grant county ana Henry r.. Anderson
vs. Andrew j. Earring from Kay county.