Atlantic Richfield Co. v. State Ex Rel. Wildlife Conservation Commission

OP ALA, Justice:

The questions posed on certiorari are: [1] Does the purchaser at a judicial sale acquire any interest in the subject property prior to confirmation? and if so, [2] Is a quit claim deed, executed by the purchaser before the sale is confirmed, effective, after confirmation, to invest the transferee with legal title? and [3] When the purchaser at partition sale was the common source of title for all parties in a quiet-title suit, was an alleged collusion between him and the land’s court appraiser (his immediate transferee who was then under legal disability, pursuant to 12 O.S.…