Legal Opinion

Horn Et Ux. v. Gibson

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided July 13, 1909No. 91PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Error from District Court, Wagoner County; Louis Sulzbacher, Judge. Action by William M. Gibson against Christopher E. Horn and wife. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring erro'r.

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Error from District Court, Wagoner County; Louis Sulzbacher, Judge. Action by William M. Gibson against Christopher E. Horn and wife. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring erro'r. On the 13th-day of February, 1907, the defendant in error, as plaintiff, instituted this action in the United States Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory at Wagoner, against the plaintiffs in error, Christopher E. Horn and his wife, Annie E. Horn, as defendants, declaring on a certain' promissory note dated December 12, 1905, due and payable 12 months after date, in the sum of $350, with…

1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.

(after stating the facts as above). This cause having been tried before the judge of the United States Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory prior to the admission of the state, sitting as a chancellor, the rule then obtaining as to the binding force of the finding of the master or chancellor should apply. In the case of Goerke v. Rodgers. 75 Ark. 72, 86 S. W. 838, the court said:

“The appellee insists that the finding of the chancellor should not be reversed unless against the decided weight of evidence. There are some early decisions to that effect; but trials in chancery…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Goerke v. RodgersSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
  2. Nolen v. HardenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1884
  3. Stanard v. Sampson Et Ux.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
  4. Branch v. MitchellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1866
  5. Kelly v. CarterSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1891

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  2. Bragdon v. McSheaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  3. Anderson v. ReedSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1928
  4. ELDREDGE v. TAYLORSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2014
  5. Board of Com'rs of Woodward County v. ThyfaultSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914

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