The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-01-04
Retiring County Attorney Writes Let.
ter to Commissioners, Outlin-
ing Pending Litigation
Of County
MORE THAN $325,000 Is
AMOUNT INVOLVED, SAYS
Tells of Cases Tried and Results
Obtained; Tax Matters and
Suits on Indian Lands
Lead In Parade

Grady county is party IN Civi
litigation involving more than 1928,
600, according to a report filed witt
the county clerk yesterday by vii
liam Stacey, retiring county attorney
Of Grady county.
The report Is addressed to the
board of county commissioners and
contains an outline to all civil suits
in which the county Is interested
This report was to be submitted to
the board in session Monday.
The communication follows.
AS ! am about to retire from the
office of County Attorney OF Grady
county, I deem it my duty to advise
you regarding the status of civil liti-
cation in which the county is inter
ested. While the county attorney
alone has charge Of the criminal
matters you share with him the re-
sponsibility for the proper conduct
of the civil litigation which can only
be Instituted and carried on by your
direction. v
The tax suits of the county against
the Chickasha Cotton Oil company
and the Chickasha Milling company
for the taxes Of 1918 are not yet fin
ally disposed Of You will recall that
these corporations appealed to the
District Court of Grady county from
the action of the Board of Equalza-
tion for the year 1918 and that court
reversed the action of the board.
Under your direction these cases
wereappealed to the supreme court of
Ohe state, which a few weeks ago re-
ver5ed the District court ald sus-
tanned the action of the Board o.
Equalization in every particular. Mo
tons for rehearlng were filed in the
supreme court and are still pending.
These two corporations also ap-
pealed to the district court OF
Grady county from their assess
ments as fixed by the Board OF
Equalization for the years of 1919
and 1920. The appeals for the year
1919 and 1920 involve the same
questions as that OF 1918, and have
been allowed to remain undisposed
OF in the district court to await the
action Of the supreme court in the
cases of 1918. Altogether the taxes
involved in these cases for the three
years amount to about $250,O00. co.
Should the supreme court grant
rehearing it will be necessary to ar
que them over again in that court.
The Bank Cases
"The case of the First National
Bank of Cbickasha, involves the
question of the right of the bank to
deduct $1SO,OoO,OO Of exempt State
building bonds owned by it from the
actual value Of the shares of stocA In
the bank assessed against the shars-
holders for the year 1920 Under my
advise the Board Of Equalization re-
fused to make the deduction and the
bank appealed to the district court
where the action of the board was
reversed. From the decision OF the
district court have perfected an ap-
peal to the supreme court where the
case is now pending. have already
prepared and filed my brief in TIE
case.
"The case of the Farmers State
Bank of Chickasha involves exactly
the same question. By stipulation the
appeal of the bank in this case will
remain in the District Court unde-
cided until the case of the First
National bank is disposed of by the
supreme court. These two cases in
volve an annual tax of about $1,000
In Federal Court.
''The case Of Christie vs. County
tf Grady is pending in the United
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