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Case v. Hall

Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory

Decided June 7, 1898PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from tlie United States Court for the Northern. District. Wm. M. Springer, Judge. Action of unlawful detainer by Ben Hall against Geo. W. Case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

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Appeal from tlie United States Court for the Northern. District. Wm. M. Springer, Judge. Action of unlawful detainer by Ben Hall against Geo. W. Case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. This is an action of unlawful detainer, commenced by the appellee, the plaintiff below, against the appellant, the defendant below, on the 20th day of April, 1896, to recover a tract of 135 acres of land, situated in the northwest corner of a 600-acre tract of land described in the complaint, and a 45-acre tract situated in the southern part of said 600-acre tract, and a 2-room log houso, situated in…

1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, J.

The appellant has filed five specifications of error, as follows: (1) Error committed by the court in giving instruction No. 1 asked for by plaintiff ; (2) error in giving instruction No. 3 ; (3) error in refusing instruction No. 2 asked for by defendant; (4) error in overruling defendant’s motion for a new trial; (5) error in rendering judgment on the verdict.

Instruction No. 1, of which appellant complains, is as follows, to-wit: ‘ ‘This suit was instituted by the plaintiff to recover from the defendant the premises described in his complaint, and damages for withholding the same from the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Perry v. CunninghamSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1882

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Rogers v. HillCourt Of Appeals Of Indian Territory · 1901
  2. Hockett v. AlstonCourt Of Appeals Of Indian Territory · 1900
  3. Turner v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1916

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