Legal Opinion

Duff v. Keaton

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided May 14, 1912No. 2089PublishedCited by 65 opinions

Error from District Court, Okmulgee County; W. E. Barnum, Judge. Action by Cedric Duff, a minor, by his mother, Evaline Duff, as next friend, and by the latter in her own right, against Har-wood Keaton, guardian, and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error.

1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.

This proceeding in error is to review the judgment in an action brought by Cedric Duff, a minor, by his mother, Evaline Duff, as next friend, and the said Evaline Duff in her own right, as next of kin to the said Cedric Duff, against Harwood Keaton, as guardian of the said Cedric Duff’s estate, and the Prairie Oil & Gas Company, a corporation, to enjoin a waste of said ward’s estate, to have declared null and void and set aside a pretended oil and gas lease upon said ward’s estate, and for an accounting and recovery for waste already committed. A demurrer was sustained to the plaintiffs’…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Kolachny v. GalbreathSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  2. Frank Oil Co. v. Belleview Gas & Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
  3. Despard v. . ChurchillNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  4. Maharry v. EatmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
  5. State v. EvansSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906

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3Cited by65 opinions

  1. Rich v. DonegheySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
  2. Terry v. HumphreysNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1922
  3. McDougal v. McKaySupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  4. Woodworth v. FranklinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
  5. Winona Oil Co. v. BarnesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921

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