Case law

JOHNSON v. MIDWEST CITY DEL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

507 P.3d 637 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · May 25, 2021

The legislature clearly outlined an exception to this general rule. … Conversely, injuries that occur outside that building or establishment would not be compensable.

Protest of Chicago, R, I. & P. Ry. Co.

137 Okla. 186 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Jun 25, 1929

Hopkins, 75 Okla. 260 , 183 Pac. 507 , this court in discussing the office of the proviso held that: “The natural and appropriate office of a proviso being to restrain or qualify some preceding matter, it should be confined … to *190 what precedes it, unless it clearly appears to have been intended to apply to some oth-. er matter.”

Stone v. Reynolds

7 Okla. 397 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Jul 30, 1898

The petition alleges sufficient facts to present the question as to whether the plaintiff was elected for two- or four years at' the election of 1894, and the facts proven clearly establish his right to the office, if the … The act of the board of which he was a member, in attempting to change the number of the district in which he lived, after the board had once established the boundaries of the districts and numbered them, is wholly immaterial

Collins v. McDowell

85 Okla. 21 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Jan 31, 1922

No attempt was made to establish the charge of fraud on the court, and it was later admitted that the officer was qualified to make service of summons. … And the rules controlling the question here involved were clearly stated in the syllabus of that opinion as follows: “5.

Higgins v. Pipkin

360 P.2d 231 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Mar 7, 1961

it is clearly against the weight of the evidence. … We think the most qualified witness was Dr. P. D. M. of the hospital at Seminole.

Enghlin v. Pittsburg County Ry. Co.

169 Okla. 106 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Sep 25, 1934

Under this proposition plaintiff in effect contends that the preponderance of the evidence is so clearly in her favor as to require a reversal. … The record discloses that plaintiff produced evidence which if believed by the jury, or if accepted by the jury as being of the greater weight, would clearly entitle her to a verdict.

Pitcher v. Dervage, Superintendent of Public

56 Okla. 383 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Mar 14, 1916

The said plaintiff alleged that he was a qualified elector of one of the districts affected by the consolidation. … At a hearing the petitioner was denied any relief, the court holding that the consolidated school district had been formed and established in compliance with the law.

Wagoner County Election Board v. Plunkett

305 P.2d 525 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Dec 14, 1956

In order to clearly recognize all of the legal problems raised by plaintiffs’ petitions we feel that it will be helpful if we recognize Mr. Plunkett as a citizen and qualified elector in Wagoner county, and Mr. … Elections — § 272, at page 359, it is said: “It is ■ a firmly established general rule that the jurisdiction of courts exercising general equity powers does not include election contests, unless it is so provided expressly

Griffin v. Thomas

86 Okla. 70 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Apr 18, 1922

On the 3rd day of May, 1921, the qualified electors of school districts Nos. 27 and 18 in Washita county, pursuant to petitions filed and the call of the county superintendent, held an election at the schoolhouse in district … And, second, is chapter 252, Session Laws 1917, invalid because it is repugnant to section 57, article 5, of the Constitution, which provides: “Every act of the Legislature shall embrace but one subject, which shall be clearly

Cox v. Curnutt

271 P.2d 342 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · May 11, 1954

Plaintiffs’ testimony tends to establish that the concrete slab upon the driveway measured four and three-eighths inches in thickness and that its compressive strength was 3,800 lbs. to the square inch; that 2,500 lb. compressive … Two expert witnesses qualifying as testing engineers testified that in their opinion there was nothing wrong with the concrete as to its thickness and strength; that the cracks in the concrete driveway probably resulted from

City of Muskogee v. Morton

128 Okla. 17 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Nov 8, 1927

Among those prohibitions is the one which makes private property immune against seizure or condemnation to public use without compensation. … This district is fixed and designated by being outside the fire limits and within the corporate limits of the city, and is clearly established by the ordinance creating the fire limits, and the one defining the limits of

Russell v. Margo

180 Okla. 24 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Jan 19, 1937

We think the foregoing quotations clearly state the rule in this jurisdiction. … In this connection you are instructed that the burden of proof is upon the defendant to establish contributory negligence by a preponderance of the evidence, but in this connection you are further instructed that a child

Board of Cty. Com'rs of Co. of Tulsa v. Williamson

370 P.2d 837 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Apr 13, 1962

to the usual taxes provided for by law; * * * ” While the power of a political subdivision of a state to issue bonds must be conferred by organic law or statute, the power need not be expressly granted and may arise when clearly … commonly know as the “Harris-Day Code”, including new legislation suggested by the codifiers and adopted by the Legislature of this state by chapter 39, Sess.Laws 1910-11, as amended by chapter 75, Sess.Laws 1913, is the established

DuBoise v. DuBoise

418 P.2d 924 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Oct 11, 1966

The defendant cultivated the 160 acres and qualified the property for participation in the soil bank by complying with the requirements of the Department of Agriculture. … The value of the home farm was established as $14,500.00 or $100.00 per acre.

City of Ardmore v. Sayre

54 Okla. 779 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Oct 12, 1915

Sayre was the qualified and acting engineer of the city of Ard-more.” … The temporary officer was clearly a de facto officer.

Bergman v. Smalley

205 Okla. 313 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Nov 13, 1951

Gray was appointed and qualified as his administrator and brought suit to cancel the deeds of grantor, under which the grantees claim the said land located in Washita county, Oklahoma. … A judgment, in an action of equitable cognizance, must and will be affirmed unless the judgment is clearly against the weight of the evidence. Mosier v. Tinker, 118 Okla. 85 , 246 P. 593 .

MAGNUM ENERGY v. BD. OF ADJUSTMENT FOR THE CITY OF NORMAN

510 P.3d 818 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Mar 22, 2022

Until 2015, Oklahoma statutory and jurisprudential law, including Gant and its progeny, clearly embraced broad municipal authority to regulate oil and gas production. … Section 13-1502.1(a)(4) does not qualify as an ordinance concerning road use, traffic, noise and odors incidental to oil and gas operation.

Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co. v. Runkles

81 Okla. 106 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Apr 5, 1921

Dickinson. (2) Under the record, actionable negligence is' not established. … “We have brought for the court’s consideration the latest cases from, the Supreme Court of the United States, which, to our mind, clearly establish as a matter of law the defense of assumption of risk and which we believe

Baumgardner v. State ex rel. Department of Human Services

789 P.2d 235 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Mar 20, 1990

The employee asserts that the omission of the requirement of “optimal qualifi *239 cations” from the position announcement contravened the posting requirements of 74 O.S.Supp.1985 § 841.19(A)(6). … decisions, are: (a) in violation of constitutional provisions; or (b) in excess of the statutory authority or jurisdiction of the agency; or (c) made upon unlawful procedure; or (d) affected by other error of law; or (e) clearly

Meder v. City of Oklahoma City

350 P.2d 916 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Mar 28, 1960

In establishing procedure for the sale or lease of municipally-owned utilities, in cities where the sale or lease must be authorized by the qualified voters of such municipality, it is provided in part: (11 O.S.1951 § 442 … A well established principle is stated and applied in Anderson v.