Dodson v. Middleton
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Logan County; S. H. Bussell, Assigned Judge. Action by George H. Dodson against Hannah Middleton and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error. There is but little, if any, controversy about the facts in this case.
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Error from District Court, Logan County; S. H. Bussell, Assigned Judge. Action by George H. Dodson against Hannah Middleton and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error. There is but little, if any, controversy about the facts in this case. But the sole question of law presented by this appeal may be more intelligibly discussed by first making a brief statement of the facts: Peter Middleton was, when he died in .August, 1893, the owner of the southeast quarter of section 21, township 17 north, range 7 west, Logan county. He died intestate, leaving, among other heirs,…
1Opinion of the CourtHayes, C. J.
(after stating the facts as above). Plaintiff’s contention for reversal extends only to that portion of the judgment that affects Hannah Middleton, and presents the following questions of law only: Does the statute of limitation of this state run against a void guardian’s deed? The case has been presented to this court upon the theory that the deed of the guardian was void, because at the time of the appointment of the guardian and the order of the guardian’s sale the wards were not residents of the county of the court making the order. We shall decide the case upon the theory upon which it…
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