Legal Opinion
Merritt Independent School Dist. No. 2 of Beckham County v. Jones
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided November 5, 1952No. 34919PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
This is a quiet title action in which plaintiff sued a disorganized school district and its successors alleging abandonment of a school site and asserting a prescriptive title thereto by adverse possession. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.
Defendant, Merritt Independent School District No. 2 of Beckham County, the last successor of the disorganized district, defended the action and asserted that adverse possession would not run against a public school district.
The cause was submitted on an agreed statement of facts. It was stipulated that in 1905, the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Town of Chouteau v. BlankenshipSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1944
- Foot v. Town of WatongaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- Herndon v. Board of Com'rs of Pontotoc CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1932
- Pioneer Investment & Trust Co. v. Board of EducationUtah Supreme Court · 1909
- James v. Union Graded School Dist. No. 2Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1949
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