# School District No. 39, Osage County v. Malone

> Supreme Court of Oklahoma · April 21, 1925 · 123 Okla. 237

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3814292

## Case

- **Full name:** SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 39, OSAGE COUNTY, v. MALONE, Co. Supt.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** April 21, 1925
- **Citations:** 123 Okla. 237; 253 P. 42; 1925 OK 327; 1925 Okla. LEXIS 222
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Ruth
- **Judges:** Ruth
- **Cited by:** 8 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Opinion by
RUTH. C
This action was brought by the plaintiff in error filing its petition praying that a writ of mandamus issue, directed to the defendant, Ella Malone, requiring her, as county superintendent of Osage county, to approve a teacher’s contract duly enter’ed into between the school board of school district No. 39, of Osage county, and one Hattie Beck.
An alternative writ was issued, response was filed, and upon hearing had, a peremptory writ of mandamus was denied, and from a judgment of the court denying the peremptory writ, the plaintiff .appeals.
Plaintiff filed its bri'efs as required by the rules of this court, and defendant has wholly failed to file briefs as required by' Rule 7 of this court, or to assign any reason ’ for failure to file the ¡same, and upon the authority of Ellis et al. v. Outler et al., 25 Okla. 469 , 106 Pac. 957 , the judgment of the trial court is reversed and the cause re-' mand'ed for a new trial.
By the Court: It is soi ordered.

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