The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-09

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Brown In open court, denounced the
Prairie company In bitter terms,
charging that the company had prnc' .
tlced fraud In connection with ITS
dealings with the state board Of equal.
izatlon. lie handed down lengthy F.
opinion setting forth his view. lie
dlssented from the conclusions Of the
majority, although he agreed with
many Of the propositions announced
by the other associates. Justice sum
mers Hardy rcud the opinion Of the
court.
The action was appealed to the su-
preme court 10y the Prairie company
which sought % writ to prohibit the
state board of equalization from as
scsslug us Okmhomn properties at
$40 JOO.UOO The board In u previous
session last summer fixed the vnlua-
tIon Of the property at S35mOOOO, al
though the company had submitted II
report fixing the valuation at four mil
lion dollars less
Raised II Ten Millions.
Upon reheutlhE I'll tue 'us' u''u
upon showing made 10y y. II. Il''
man. tax ferret That certain OIL anu
gas leases had not been Included IN
the company rrportthe state board
reconyened aud reasSesScd the proper
ty ~ the company at $4,000 OOO.
From this the company appealed to
tha .unrema court hut wns denied the
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