Legal Opinion
Wootten v. Askew
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 5, 1983No. 54811PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMMS, Vice Chief Justice:
Certiorari was granted to review a decision of the Court of Appeals, Division II, voiding a 1949 default judgment on a quiet title action. The controversy arose over the following sequence of events:
In 1908 a homestead patent was given to Julius and J.F. Askew (father and son) from the Chickasaw nation. In 1926 they conveyed their interest to J.L. Hart purporting to retain “½ of ⅛ of all oil and gas that may be produced from” the 160 acre tract. The Hart family took out a mortgage on the property and it was foreclosed. John B. Wootten, appellees’ predecessor in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bomford v. Socony Mobil Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1968
- Ziska v. AveySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Bates v. Old Mac Coal Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954
- Curtis v. BarbySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1961
- Barton v. Alpine Investments, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
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3Cited by3 opinions
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