Title: CITY OF TULSA v. MELLIN
Citation: 154 P.2d 100, 1944 OK 261, 194 Okla. 674
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: October 3, 1944

CITY OF TULSA v. MELLIN Annotate this Case CITY OF TULSA v. MELLIN 1944 OK 261 154 P.2d 100 194 Okla. 674 Case Number: 31396 Decided: 10/03/1944 Supreme Court of Oklahoma CITY OF TULSA v. MELLIN Syllabus ¶0 MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS -- Validity and effect of policeman's removal in reduction of force as economy move. The issues of fact and law in this case are substantially similar to those of case No. 31397, City of Tulsa v. McMillan, 194 Okla. 672 , 154 P.2d 97 , this day decided, and are governed thereby. Appeal from District Court, Tulsa County; Oras A. Shaw, Judge. Action by J. A. Mellin against the City of Tulsa. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded. E. M. Gallaher, L. A. Justus, Philip J. Kramer, and C. Lawrence Elder, all of Tulsa, for plaintiff in error. Eldon J. Dick and Lou Etta Bellamy, both of Tulsa, for defendant in error. BAYLESS, J. ¶1 City of Tulsa, Okla., a municipal corporation, and certain of its officials appeal from a judgment of the district court of Tulsa county in favor of J. A. Mellin. This is a companion case to No. 31397, City of Tulsa v. F. M. McMillan, 194 Okla. 672 , 154 P.2d 97 , this day decided, and involves similar facts and issues of law. What we said in the McMillian Case applies here and governs this appeal, and there is no occasion to repeat. ¶2 The judgment of the trial court is reversed and the cause is remanded. ¶3 CORN, C. J., GIBSON, V. C. J., and RILEY, OSBORN, WELCH, HURST, and DAVISON, JJ., concur.