Legal Opinion

Crosbie v. Brewer

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided March 21, 1916No. 6685PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Error from District Court, Tulsa, County; Ij. M. Poe, Judge. Action by J. D. Crosbie and another against R. P. Brewer and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error.

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Error from District Court, Tulsa, County; Ij. M. Poe, Judge. Action by J. D. Crosbie and another against R. P. Brewer and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error. This action was begun on April 24, 1914, in the district court of Tulsa county by plaintiffs, in which they sought to enjoin the payment of a certain certified check given by plaintiffs to defendant Brewer, guardian for one Albert Carney, as a cash bonus' for an oil lease upon a tract of land owned by 'the said Albert Carney. The said Albert Carney was a full-blood Choctaw Indian minor. In 1906, one W. F. Maharry…

1Opinion of the Court

The cause was tried to the court, who found for the defendants, and plaintiffs prosecute this appeal.

The first contention of plaintiffs for consideration is that when Norris Carney and wife established their residence in Carter county, on the 15th day of February, 1914, and having with them as a member of their family their child, Albert Carney, as there was no guardian for the said Albert Carney holding by appointment from the county court of Pittsburg county at that time, the guardian having been removed previous to that date, on and after his residence was established in Carter county, the…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Morrill v. MorrillOregon Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Hathaway v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  3. Eaves v. MullenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  4. Continental Gin Co. v. De BordSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  5. Mastin v. GraySupreme Court of Kansas · 1878

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Ross v. GroomSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  2. Murrell v. STOCK GROWERS'NAT. BANK OF CHEYENNECourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
  3. Harness v. MyersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
  4. Hruska v. FaheySupreme Court of Iowa · 1941
  5. Watson v. American Creosote Works, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938

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