Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-16

World Capital Bureau.
1901 Campbell Building.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug 15.-The
following opinions of the supreme
court commission, approved by tho
supreme court, were handed down by
the court today:
Division No. 1.
Commissioner Collier: r.. L. Bran
don ct al VS.. state of Oklahoma. Paw
nee county court. reversed and re-
manded with instructions
Commissioner luminous: Castela
Webb, minor, vs.. r.. w. Walden ct al,
Tulsa county district court. dismissed !;
| First National Rank of Madill VS.. w.
+. Ross, Carter county court, reversed
and remanded; Purcell Bank & Trust
Co. vs.. Catherine Byars, McClain
county district court. reversed; James
Egan VS. Earl Lafayette Vowel ct al,
Hughes county district court. af-
frmed
Commissioner Stewart: Farmers
State Bank of Alva VS.. G. II. and Sadie
Keen. Pontotoc county district court,
affirmed; c. A. Becker. II. II. oates
and ii. G, Keisel VS.. Mrs. Beulah
Fitch. Oklahoma county district court,
reversed with instructions to grant
new trial; Assessment of Frank In
glis, Oklahoma county district court,
Judgment of lower court affirmed.
Division No. ..
Per Curiam: c. T Walker VS.. !.
u. Robinson. Roger Mills county
court. reversed: William II. Payne VS..
County Commissioners of Woodward
county. Woodward county district
court. dismissed. estate Of Anderson
Gardner, McCurtain county district
court. reversed and remanded.
Commissioner West: National
Council of knights and Ladies or Se-
Curity vs.. Malissa Fowler, Jackson
county district court affirmed.
Division No. 3.
Commissioner Rleakmore: Ameri-
can Surety company VS.. Charles 7.
Williams. Grady county district court,
affirmed: Kansas City, Mexico "
Orient VS. Lula Costa. administrator.
Major county district court, affirmed :;
Mary r. Butts ct al vs.. Oliver II. Lar
rison. Ellis county district court, af-
firmed.
Commissioner Hooker: John VIII
hanson VS.. I. Davis. Oklahoma coun-
" district court. affirmed.
Assessment of the property o.
Frank Inglis of this city. for the year
1914. as finally affirmed by the dis
trict court after II had been passeo
upon by the county equalization
board. was upheld i'm an opinion by
Commissioner Stewart of the supreme
court commission today Ingls had
returned his property TO the assessor
at s2s.o5O. The latter refused TO ac-
cept such returns and proceeded 10
place the property on the rolls at sos
2h0 Inglis went before the county
board afterwards and they cut II s15,-
600 or down to s67,S50. Then Inglis
appealed to the district court and the
latter affirmed the action of the coun-
" board. After this an appeal was
taken to the supreme court with the
result mentioned.
New trial was ordered today by the
supreme court in an opinion by Com
missioner Stewart in the case OF Mrs,
Beulah Fitch against C. a. Beck, II.
n. oates and II. c. keisel. Mrs Fitch
sued for the recovery OF $3.50, which
she alleged her husband had lost play
ing the races. claiming that the money
belonged to her. The Oklahoma
county district court gave the woman
a judgment for the money The high
court holds that the evidence gwen
in the lower court was mot only in
competent but its admission In con-
nection with the weakness OF plain
tiff's proof is prejudicial." However,
the court agreed that undisputed evil
dence in the case shows that the de-
fendants were engaged In an immoral
and unlawful business which should
be suppressed