Title: BAXTER v. BOARD of COM'RS of ROGERS COUNTY
Citation: 113 Okla. 285, 1925 OK 924, 241 P. 75 8
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: November 17, 1925

BAXTER v. BOARD of COM'RS of ROGERS COUNTY Annotate this Case BAXTER v. BOARD of COM'RS of ROGERS COUNTY 1925 OK 924 241 P. 758 113 Okla. 285 Case Number: 15664 Decided: 11/17/1925 Supreme Court of Oklahoma BAXTER et al. v. BOARD of COM'RS of ROGERS COUNTY. Syllabus ¶0 1. Counties--Liability for Tortious Appropriation of Real Estate by Officers. The syllabus in the case of Board County Commissioners of Rogers County v. L. W. Baxter et al., No. 15777, is adopted as the syllabus of this case. 2. Judgment Sustained. Record examined; held, to support the judgment appealed from. Appeal from District Court, Rogers County; A. S. Wells, Assigned Judge. Action by L. W. Baxter et al. against the Board of County Commissioners of Rogers County for damages for the commission of a tort by the officers of the county. Judgment for plaintiffs. The county officials appeal; the plaintiffs perfect their cross-appeal. Affirmed. West & Petry, Robson & Bayless, and Lydick, McPherren & Wilson, for plaintiffs in error here and for defendants in error in the cross-appeal. Jennings, Hall & Battenfield, and Edgar Anderson, County Attorney, for defendants in error here and for plaintiffs in error in the cross-appeal. PHELPS J.