Cornelius v. Smith
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Creek County; Ernest B. Hughes, Judge. Action by J. T. Smith against Ira E. Cor' nelius. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
GALBRAITH, C.
This is an' appeal from the judgment of the trial court, rendered upon the verdict of a jury returned in an action to recover an attorney’s fee based on an oral contract of employment. Smith, as plaintiff in the lower court, alleged that in September, 1913, the plaintiff in error, Cornelius, was made defendant in a suit pending in the district court of Creek county, involving the title and oil and gas lease covering the allotment of Susie Crow, a deceased Creek Indian, whose allotment was located in the north end of the Cushing oil fields. This allotment embraced two…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. HodgeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
3Cited by2 opinions
- Sarkeys v. HaasSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1965
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