Legal Opinion

Earley v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided October 10, 1916No. 7211PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error from County Court, Grady County; N. M. Williams, Judge. Action by H. B. Johnson against Oscar Earley and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the CourtHardy, J.

Johnson sued Earley and Brown to recover the purchase price of four head of cattle, amounting to $180, or $45 per head. The jury awarded plaintiff a verdict for $90, and defendants appeal.

All the assignments of error may be considered under the one proposition that there is no evidence to support a recovery on behalf of plaintiff for the value of two head of cattle, and that the verdict is the result of a compromise by the jury,'to the prejudice of defendants. Defend ants claim that under the evidence the verdict should have been either for the full amount, the value of four head, or for…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Whitney v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Woolsey v. ZieglarSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  3. Thompson v. BurtisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1902
  4. Schrader v. HooverSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Pahlka v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  2. City of Tucson v. Apache MotorsArizona Supreme Court · 1952
  3. Maly v. LamertonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
  4. Kanotex Refining Co. v. BonifieldSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
  5. Salter v. LarisonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924

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