SUPREME COURT COMMISSION [From Chapter 87, pages 113-115, Session Laws 1915, effective March 5, 1915.] SECTION 1. The Governor is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the consent and approval of the Supreme Court, entered of record upon its journals, nine persons possessing qualifications of judges of the Supreme Court, as Supreme Court Commissioners, to assist the Supreme Court in disposing of the causes accumulated and being filed in said court, "one of said commissioners to he selected from each Supreme Court judicial district and four to be selected from the state at large." Said commissioners shall be divided into groups of three each, and shall be designated as Divisions One, Two, and Three. The court shall designate the division to which each commissioner shall be assigned, and may change such assignments whenever the public interest may be better served thereby. Each commissioner shall hold his office until the last day of January, 1917, and shall be paid as compensation the sum of $3,000.00 per annum payable monthly. Each commissioner shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, take and subscribe the oath required of the judges of the Supreme Court and file the same in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court; vacancies occurring in the office of Supreme Court Commissioners shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. SECTION 2. The Governor is further authorized at any time when in his judgment the public interest will warrant it, the Supreme Court concurring therein, to designate not more than nine district judges to act as Supreme Court Commissioners for a period of not less than four months at a time. Such district judges when so assigned, shall be by the Supreme Court assigned to duty as such commissioners, and said district judges acting as Supreme Court Commissioners, shall be divideil into groups of three each by the Supreme Court, and each group shall constitute a separate division. No cause shall be referred to any division which originated in or was tried in the district of either of said judges, constituting any such division. Such judges, when so assigned, shall possess and exercise the same powers and duties and be governed by the same rules and regulations as other commissioners authorized by this act, and shall be paid in addition to their salaries as district judges, the sum of two dollars per day while acting as commissioners, which shall be in lieu of expenses now authorized by law while serving outside of their district. SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of such Supreme Court Commissioners, under the orders and direction of, and subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by, the Supreme Court, to assist the Supreme Court in disposing of the causes now pending or hereafter filed in said court. The Supreme Court shall from time to time assign to each division of the commissioners a sufficient number of causes to keep them employed. The commissioners may hear arguments, examine briefs and records, pass upon motions, and shall in the causes assigned to them, prepare and submit to the Supreme Court opinions in writing stating their findings and conclusions, and shall make recommendations to the court. The Supreme Court shall examine each such cause and opinion reported on by the commissioners, and may adopt, reject, or modify the same, or any cause may be remanded to the same or any other division of the commissioners for further investigation and report. The Supreme Court shall, in each cause returned to it by the commissioners with an opinion, when finally approved by the court, render such judgment as shall in the judgment of the court be appropriate and just. SECT 'ON 6. The commissioners herein provided for shall be subject to removal at any time by the Governor. REI'ORTED IN THIS VOLUME. Adams, James et al. V......... 450 Aldridge V. Capps 678 Aldridge et al. v. Whitten 694 Altus State Bank, Leach et al. v. 102 American Fidelity Co. of Montpelier, Vt., v. Echols.... 228 American Nat. Bank of Ft. Worth, Tex., Bryan Co. State Bank et al. V.. 529 Andrus et al., Theodore Maxfield Co. v. 247 Apple et al. v. Pierce et al. Arbuckle Mining & Milling Co. et al. v. Beard. 144 Armstrong v. Poland 663 Arnold, Wichita Falls & N. W. Ry. Co. v. 352 Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. et al., Waide v. 38 13 Ballard's Estate, in re. 149 Bank of Meeker v. Lokey 354 Barry v. Kniseley et al. 324 Beard, Arbuckle Mining & Milling Co. et al. v. 144 Best, Limestone Rural Telephone Co. v. 85 Bledsoe et al., M. Rumley Co. V. 180 Board of Com’rs of Delaware County, Delaware Co. V. 81 Board of Com’rs of Delaware County, Thompson, County Treasurer, v. 79 Board of Com’rs of Oklahoma County, Smith v. 672 Board of Com’rs of Ottawa County et al., Scanland et al. v. 56 Board of Education of City of Lawton v. Gossett. 95 Bogan v. State 367 Bond, Smith v. 112 Box V. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. 243 Bridges v. Wright et al.. 10 Bristow, Weatherly V. 469 Britton, Indian Harbor Belt R. Co. v. 750 Brown, Douglass V. 6 Bruner, St. Louis & S. F. R. Co. v. 682 Bryan Co. State Bank et al. v. Amer. Nat. Bank of Ft. Worth, Tex., et al. 529 Bryant, Muskogee Electric Traction Co. v. 75 Bunker V. Haskett 545 Burger Bros., Pool et al. v. 268 Burke, Claremore Town-Site Co. V. 169 Burroughs v. Cocke & Willis... 627 592 284 Capron Hardware Co., Ranson v. Central State Bank, Sims et al. v.. Cherokee Nat. Bank et al. v. Riley Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co., Box v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Felder Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Forsythe & Templar et al. 26 Chicago, R. I. &. P. Ry. Co., Lindsay v. Chicago, R. I. &. P. Ry. Co. v. Wells Chickasha (City of) v. Hollingsworth et al. Choctaw Lumber Co. v. Coleman et al. City of Chickasha v. Hollingsworth et al. City State Bank, Stiles et al. v. Claremore Town-Site Co. v. Burke Clinton &. O. W. Ry. Co. v. Dunlap Coleman et al., Choctaw Lumber Co. V. Comanche State Bank v. Watkins et al. Commercial National Bank v. Trumbly Congdon v. McAlester Carriage & Wagon Factory 201 Crooked Arm et al., Squint Eye et al. v. Crudup et al. v. Oklahoma Portland Cement Co.. 786 Curlee et al. v. Ruland 329 Darrough v. First Nat. Bank of Claremore Deep Red Oil Co. v. Owen et ux. 81 Delaware County v. Board of Com’rs of Delaware Co..... 670 Dervage, Superintendent of Public Instruction, et al., Pitcher v. 383 Devorak, Herrick V. 499 Dickey v. Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Co. of Springfield, Mass. 616 Dietrich et al. v. Dr. Koch Vegetable Tea Co. 636 Dore et al., Coley et ux. V. 443 Douglass v. Brown 6 Dr. Koch Vegetable Tea Co., Dietrich et al. v. 636 Dunlap, Clinton & O. W. Ry. Co. v. 755 Dunleavy V. Mayfield et al. 470 Dustin et al. v. Hardy 645 Echols, American Fidelity Co. of Montpelier, Vt., v..... 228 E. E. Tuttle & Son, Tulsa Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Co. v. 334 Eggerman, Meek v. 388 Elliott v. Coggswell 239 Felder, Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. V. 220 Fife, Gentry et al. v. 1 Finerty, Navarre et al. v. 218 First Nat. Bank of Ada v. Womack et al. 359 First Nat. Bank of Claremore, Darrough v. 647 First Nat. Bank of Iowa City, Iowa, v. Watson 495 First Nat. Bank of Sapulpa, Whitaker v. 270 First Nat. Bank of Wellston v. Green 698 First State Bank of Clinton, Powell et al. v. 44 Folsom et al. v. Mullen 550 Forsythe & Templar et al., Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. y. 26 Fowler, Denson et al. v. 670 Ft. Smith & W. R. Co. v. Green 585 Fue v. People's Bank & Trust Co. 738 Gallagher et al., Jefferson v. 405 727 774 1 95 769 698 585 688 604 |
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