Ward v. Ward
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Atoka County; J. H. Linebaugh, Judge. Action by N. C. Ward, as administrator, against Belle Ward and others. There was judgment for the defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
GALBRAITH, C.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the trial court, sustaining a demurrer to the petition of the administrator of B. N. Ward, deceased, seeking to establish a resulting trust in certain unallotted lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, bid in by the deceased during his lifetime, at a public sale of such lands; the certificate of purchase for a part having been issued in the name of his wife and for the rest in the name of his son, the cash payment required under the rules of sale having been advanced by the deceased, the entire purchase price not having been…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bockfinger v. FosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Bockfinger v. FosterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1900
- Jordan v. SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1903
- Hamilton v. FosterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1905
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