Campbell v. McSpadden
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Craig County; T.-L. Brozan, Judge. Action by R. Vance McSpadden against L. B. Campbell and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant L. B. Campbell brings error.
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Error from District Court, Craig County; T.-L. Brozan, Judge. Action by R. Vance McSpadden against L. B. Campbell and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant L. B. Campbell brings error. This action was filed against L. B. Campbell and D. H. Wilson October 14, 1908, by R. Vance McSpadden, who alleged that he was the legal and equitable owner of, and entitled tfo the possession of, a certain tract of. land situated in Craig county, Okla., containing about 70 acres, the same being the homestead and surplus allotments of one Ellis Williams, a Cherokee freedman. Defendant Wilson filed a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
HARRISON, C.
(after stating the facts as above). Though numerous errors are assigned by plaintiff in error, yet upon a study of the entire record, comprehending the entire case as a whole, it seems to us that the age of the grantor at the time of the execution of the various instruments under which the parties to this action claim title is decisive of the case. The entire case rests upon, and the rights of the parties are to be determined by, the age of the grantor Ellis Williams on the date of the execution of the instruments of conveyance under which title is claimed, regardless of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Yarbrough v. SpaldingSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
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