Opinion
No. 23770.
April 16, 1935.
(Syllabus.)
Appeal and Error — Dismissal — Moot Questions.
The Supreme Court will not attempt to determine abstract, hypothetical, or moot questions, and where it is made to appear that the questions brought up for review have become moot, the proceedings will be dismissed.
Appeal from District Court, Oklahoma County; R.P. Hill, Judge.
Action for injunction by U.S. Stone against Reford Bond et al., members of the State Election Board, et al. From a judgment for the defendants, plaintiff Appeals.
Porter H. Morgan, for plaintiff in error.
B.H. Carey, J. Berry King, Atty. Gen., and Randall S. Cobb, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants in error.
This case involved the application of U.S. Stone, a candidate on the Republican ticket for nominee as United States Senator, to enjoin the placing on the ballot the name of Wirt Franklin. The question involved has become moot, and under the opinions of this court decided and announced in the following cases, the appeal is dismissed: Revard v. Givens, 139 Okla. 60, 281 P. 233; Watters v. District Court, 162 Okla. 251, 19 P.2d 1075; Glass v. Banfield Bros. Packing Co., 168 Okla. 217, 32 P.2d 713; Campbell v. Reynolds, 167 Okla. 365, 29 P.2d 941; Douglas v. Baker, 167 Okla. 348, 29 P.2d 619.