Helvie v. Hoover
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Cleveland, County; before C F. Irwin, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE FACTS. This is an action brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error in Cleveland county.
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Error from the District Court of Cleveland, County; before C F. Irwin, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE FACTS. This is an action brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error in Cleveland county. The petition alleges that on and prior to March 19, 1900, the defendants, Silas C. Hoover and Lourinda Hoover, were husband and wife; that on that date Lourinda Hoover died, leaving as her sole heirs her husband, the defendant in error, and the plaintiffs in error, her brothers; that on December 19, 1899, Lourinda Hoover purchased lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in block 84, in the city of Norman,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Pancoast, J.:
This case involves but one principal question, viz.: What was the title of Silas Hoover and Lou-rinda Hoover to the property conveyed to them by'T. W. Hendricks and Victoria Hendricks, his wife ? And one minor question, which is: Does the law, under the allegations of the petition, presume that Silas C. Hoover holds the interest conveyed to him in trust for the use and benefit of Lourinda Hoover and her heirs ?
It is contended by the plaintiffs in error that the title conveyed was that of tenants in common; that each took an undivided moiety thereof, and…
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