City of Oklahoma v. McMaster
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Oklahoma, County; before• Benj. F. Burwell, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE EACTS.. This is an action broxight by the defendant in error, Frank McMaster, against the plaintiff in error, the city of Oklahoma City, in the district court of Oklahoma county, on the twenty-second day of September, 1899, for the recovery of the possession of two certain lots, to-wit: lots numbers one and two of block number twenty-four of the original plat of said city,…
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Error from the District Court of Oklahoma, County; before• Benj. F. Burwell, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE EACTS.. This is an action broxight by the defendant in error, Frank McMaster, against the plaintiff in error, the city of Oklahoma City, in the district court of Oklahoma county, on the twenty-second day of September, 1899, for the recovery of the possession of two certain lots, to-wit: lots numbers one and two of block number twenty-four of the original plat of said city, as filed in the United States land office, to recover tbe possession of said lots, and damages for the wrongful…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Irwin, J.:
The assignments of error in this case may be condensed into three, viz: First, overruling the demurrer of defendant to plaintiff’s petition. Second, error of the •court in setting aside the order of the court made granting a new trial to the defendant, as a matter of course, without showing cause, entered in the journal, and the reinstating of the judgment in favor of plaintiff; and third, error of the court in rendering judgment in' favor of the plaintiff instead of the defendant.
While the assignments of error made by the plaintiff in error are more numerous…
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