Legal Opinion

Devore v. Territory of Oklahoma

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided September 7, 1894PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error from the District Court of Logan County.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McAtee, J.:

The plaintiff in error, together with Williams and Anderson, his co-defendants, induced Welborn, the prosecuting witness, to part with the possession of his mules and other property, upon the assurance that he should receive a deed from plaintiff in error, and his wife, conveying to him, Welborn, certain lots in block 73, in East Guthrie, which they represented to Welborn, that plaintiff in error owned. The representation was false, bnt by means of it the plaintiff in error, with his confederates, succeeded in getting possession of Welborn’s…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Loomis v. . PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  2. Commonwealth v. BarryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
  3. Smith v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
  4. People v. ShawMichigan Supreme Court · 1885
  5. Miller v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1879

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Sturgis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
  2. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
  3. Flohr v. Territory of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1904
  4. Wells v. Territory of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1904
  5. Martin v. Territory of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1896

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