Spradling v. Glenn

This action was instituted by defendant in error to quiet title .to a lot in Tulsa. The parties will hereinafter be referred to as; plaintiff and defendant, as they appeared in the trial court. The defendant claimed to be the equitable owner of the property by: reason of a contract -of purchase alleged to have been made by' him with E. W. Murphree on May 2, 1917; The answer of the defendant alleged that the plaintiff purchased the property on June 26, 1917, from Hugh Gardner, grantee and agent of E. W. Murphree, and that the plaintiff ever since that date has held the property as trustee for…