Legal Opinion

Oklahoma City Development Co. v. Picard

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided January 26, 1915No. 4143PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Error from District Court, Oklahoma County; Action by Sarah Picard against the Oklahoma City Development Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

GALBRAITH, C.

Thé appeal in this case is from a decree rendered in a suit on a promissory note, and foreclosing a real estate mortgage given to secure the same.

There is only one assignment of error argued; that is, that the trial court erred in including in the decree an attorney’s fee of $400, which was agreed between the parties to be a reasonable fee, if an attorney’s fee was authorized by the contract. The note in suit was a simple promissory note for the payment of $7,500, with interest at 8 per cent, per annum, payable semiannually, and made no provision for the payment of an…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cooper v. Bank of Indian TerritorySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1896
  2. F. B. Collins Inv. Co. v. SannerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
  3. Kyle v. HamiltonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Westlake v. CooperSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
  2. First Nat. Bank of Stigler v. HowardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  3. Mortgage Bond Co. v. StephensSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
  4. Starr v. VaughnSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
  5. Rennie v. Oklahoma Farm Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924

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