HAMILL v. HAWKS

No. 511.

58 F.2d 41 (1932)

HAMILL et al. v. HAWKS et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 14, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Cochran, of Oklahoma City, Okl. (Ames, Cochran, Ames & Monnet, of Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for appellants.

W. C. Lewis, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Purman Wilson, Co. Atty., of Purcell, Okl. (J. Barry King, Atty. Gen., and Person Woodall, Co. Atty., of Norman, Okl., on the brief), for appellees.

Before LEWIS, COTTERAL, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, citizens and residents of Illinois, brought this suit to obtain protection by writ of injunction of their claimed ownership of a bridge across the South Canadian River at Purcell, Oklahoma, and their alleged right to charge and collect tolls from the public for its use. The river is the dividing line between McClain and Cleveland counties. The bridge was constructed as a toll bridge under franchises from those counties and was operated...

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