Legal Opinion

Edwards v. Boyle

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided June 19, 1913No. 2552PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Error from, District Court, Wagoner County; Chas. Bagg, Judge. Action by W. C. Edwards and another against Bernard Boyle to cancel a 'deed and remove a cloud ton title to real property. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs .bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

HARRISON, C.

This action, was begun in January, 1909, by W. 0. Edwards and J. P. Edwards against Bernard Boyle to cancel a deed to a certain 120-acre tract of land, which deed plaintiffs alleged had been procured from them by defendant through duress, menace, and fraud and without consideration. In October, 1910, the cause was tried and judgment rendered in favor of defendant. Plaintiffs appealed upon six assignments of error, but relying principally on the refusal of the court to give .a peremptory instruction in plaintiffs’ favor and to the giving by the court of an instruction in…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Thomas v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  2. Higgins v. McCreaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Dent v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  4. Haynes v. . RuddNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
  5. Atwood v. FiskMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Latson v. EatonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1959
  2. Davis v. JanewaySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916

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