Ben Arnold (judge)

Benjamin Cleveland Arnold (1891-1972) was an attorney and judge in Oklahoma. He earned a B. A. degree in 1920 and a law degree in 1924 from Oklahoma University. His first judgeship was as a district judge in Oklahoma County, near Wister, Oklahoma.[1] In 1941, Governor Leon C. Phillips appointed Arnold as Associate Justice on the Oklahoma Supreme Court, representing District 3. He served as Chief Justice 1951-3. Arnold died while in office on September 30, 1955, and was succeeded by Albert C. Hunt.

Ben Arnold
Born
Benjamin Cleveland Arnold

February 19, 1891
Newark, Arkansas
DiedSeptember 30, 1955
Oklahoma City
NationalityU. S. A.
Other namesBen C. Arnold, Benjamin C. Arnold
OccupationAttorney, Judge
Known forAssociate Justice of Oklahoma Supreme Court (1941-1953), Chief Justice of Oklahoma Supreme Court (1951-1953)
Notable work
Determined that oil drilling on capitol grounds is under the jurisdiction of the state and not of the city (1936)

During the 1930s, Oklahoma City officials established a new drilling zone inside the city, including a 1 square mile (2.6 km2) area around the state capitol building. In March 1936, Governor E. W. Marland ordered the National Guard into the Oklahoma City field to prevent civil process servers from ordering the oil field workers to shut down production. Arnold declared that the property was state land and that city officials had no jurisdiction over it.[2]

A genealogy site states that Arnold's full name was Benjamin Cleveland Arnold, son of Martin Luther Arnold and Nancy Elizabeth (nee Hughes), and that he was born February 19, 1891 in Newark, Arkansas, and had nine siblings.[3] The same site also stated that he died March, 1972 in Oklahoma City. The death year should be 1955, according to other sources. He was interred in Oklahoma City at Memorial Park Cemetery.

References
  1. "Sooners at Home and Abroad." Sooner Magazine. vol 13, no. 5, 1941 Accessed May 12, 1920.
  2. Griffith, Terry L. Oklahoma City: 1930 to the Millennium. Arcadia Publishing Co. (2000) p. 10 Accessed May 12, 2020. Available on Google Books.
  3. "Judge Benjamin Cleveland Arnold." Geni.com. Posted December 8, 2019. Accessed March 12, 2020.
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