Legal Opinion

Hicks v. Swank

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided May 20, 1913No. 2746Published

Error from■ County Court, Pontotoc County; J. P. McKeel, Special Judge. Action by William L. Swank ^ against George W. Hicks. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

BREWER, C.

On July 27, 1906, Swank, as plaintiff, filed a suit in the mayor’s court of Roff, I. T., based on a judgment rendered in a justice of the peace court of Missouri. At a trial in the mayor’s court of Roff, the defendant, Hicks, prevailed and obtained a judgment that he go hence with his costs. From this judgment .the plaintiff, Swank, appealed to the United States Court for the Southern District of Indian Territory, sitting at Ada, wherein the appeal was pending, un-disposed of, at the time of statehood. On October 28, 1908, the appellant Swank appeared in the district court…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Gates v. BennettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1878
  2. Cloud v. WileySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1874
  3. Turk v. MayberrySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  4. Burgess v. PooleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1885
  5. Ashley v. BrasilSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1838

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