STATE v. WILLIAMSON

No. 38256.

347 P.2d 204 (1959)

STATE of Oklahoma for use and benefit of TOWN OF PRYOR, Oklahoma, a municipal corporation, Board of County Commissioners of County of Mayes, State of Oklahoma, a municipal corporation, and of State of Oklahoma, upon relation of Marlin W. WILLIAMS and Mary Alice Williams, residents, citizens and taxpayers of Mayes County, State of Oklahoma; and Marlin W. Williams and Mary Alice Williams, residents, citizens and taxpayers of Mayes County, State of Oklahoma, in their own behalf and in behalf of all other taxpayers similarly situated, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Mac Q. WILLIAMSON, Earl Ward and Bob Chambers, co-trustees of W.A. Graham Public Improvements Trust Estate, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Jennings, Sapulpa, for plaintiffs in error.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., James P. Garrett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Wallace, Wallace & Owens, Miami, for defendants in error.


WELCH, Justice.

In this action plaintiffs sought a permanent injunction barring the defendants, Trustees of the W.A. Graham Improvements Trust Estate from contracting for and expending funds of the trust to construct the "W.A. Graham Memorial Chapel" upon grounds belonging to the State of Oklahoma, and occupied by the Whitaker State Orphans Home at Pryor, Oklahoma.

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