Legal Opinion

Payne v. Beard

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided November 12, 1917No. 4735PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Suit in equity by Horace L. Payne and Mima Payne against E. B. Beard and R. B.- Beard. Decree for defendants, and complainants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

HOOK, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit by Horace L. and Mima Payne, husband and wife, against L. B. and R. B. Beard, to cancel two deeds through which L. B. Beard claims title to 80 acres of land in Muskogee county, Okl. The plaintiffs lived at Nevada, Mo. The defendants were partners in the real estate business at Muskogee, Old., and were plaintiffs’ agents for the safe of the land at the net price of $2,200. They reported having made a sale to one Lambert, a brother-in-law of R. B. Beard, at the price fixed, but before the purchase money was paid, and before plaintiffs’ deed to Lambert was…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Halsell v. Renfrow and EdwardsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1904
  2. Robertson v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Halsell v. RenfrowSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1904
  4. Tyler v. SanbornIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Halsell v. RenfrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1906

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Woodworth v. FranklinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
  2. Klaber v. Maryland Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
  3. Board of Com'rs Okfuskee County v. HazelwoodSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
  4. Schuhmacher v. LebeckSupreme Court of Kansas · 1918
  5. Jay v. General Realties Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946

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