Casteel v. McNeely
Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory
Appeal from the United. States Court for the Central District. "William H. H. Clayton, Judge. Action of forcible detainer by Myrtle McNeeley and others against J. W. Casteel and others. Judgment in favor of plaintiffs." Defendants appeal.
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Appeal from the United. States Court for the Central District. "William H. H. Clayton, Judge. Action of forcible detainer by Myrtle McNeeley and others against J. W. Casteel and others. Judgment in favor of plaintiffs." Defendants appeal. The plaintiffs below (appellees here) on the 27th day of August, 1900, filed their complaint against the defendants below (appellants here), and on January 10,1901, they filed an amended complaint alleging that they are Choctaiy Indians, and the owners and entitled to the immediate possession of certain lands described; that they purchased same from C. M.…
1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, C. J.
The appellants have filed 12 specifications of error, as follows: “(1) Because the verdict of the jury was contrary to the law and the evidence. (2) Because the court erred in admitting illegal, improper, incompetent, and immaterial evidence offered by the plaintiff, over the objections and exceptions of the defendants made at the time. (3) That the court admitted illegal, improper, irrelevant, and immaterial evidence offered by the plaintiff, over the objections and exceptions of the defendants, made at the time, in this, to wit: That the court permitted witnesses to testify as to (he amount…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sanders v. ThorntonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
3Cited by2 opinions
- Finley v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
- Kelly v. HarperCourt Of Appeals Of Indian Territory · 1907