Saak v. Hicks

JACKSON, Justice.

This action is by Ella Hicks Saak, Administratrix, v. Helen W. Hicks, et al.

The principal issues presented in this appeal are (1) whether plaintiff has proved a constructive or resulting trust in the land in question; and (2) whether a deed conveying a homestead is valid without the signature of the grantor’s spouse where the deed has been of record with the county clerk for more than ten years as provided in 16 O.S.1953 Supp. § 4.

In 1928, Wilbert Herbert Hicks owned three pieces of property, described as the “Deep Fork Place” (120 acres), the “Pati-quah Place” (40 acres),…