Legal Opinion
Iowa Land & Trust Co. v. Indian Land & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided July 11, 1911No. 977PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Error from District Court, Muskogee County; J. H. King, Judge. Action between the Iowa Land & Trust Company and the Indian Land & Trust Company and others. From the judgment, the Iowa Land & Trust Company brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
The question essential to be determined in this case is as to whether, in ejectment actions pending in the United States courts in the Indian Territory at the time of the erection of the state and afterwards transferred and tried in a state district court, the losing party as a matter of right is entitled to a second- trial. In Runyan v. Fisher, 28 Okla. 450, 114 Pac. 717, it was held by this court that:
“Under the 'laws in force in the Indian Territory at the time of the erection of the state, the losing party in an ejectment suit was not entitled as a matter of right to a second trial, (a)…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pacific Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. AdamsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- Freeman v. EldridgeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- W. G. Blanchard & Co. v. EzellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- Runyan v. FisherSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
- Gwinnup v. GriffinsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Todd v. OrrSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Campbell-Ratcliff Land Co. v. KlausSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912