Legal Opinion

Holden v. Lynn

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided December 12, 1911No. 1332PublishedCited by 35 opinions

Error .from Osage County Court; C. T. Bennett, Judge. Action by John P. Lynn against J. S. Holden, to recover the value of certain corn and fodder belonging to the plaintiff and destroyed by the cattle of the defendant. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

AMES, C.

The plaintiff sued the defendant in a justice court of Osage county for $100, the alleged value of certain corn and -fodder destroyed by defendant’s cattle. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, and an appeal was taken to the county court, where,-on a retrial, judgment was again rendered for the plaintiff, in the sum of $65, and the defendant brings error.

Three questions are involved : (1) Did the bill of particulars state a cause of action? (2) Did the court err in excluding evidence tending to show that the land on which the corn was grown belonged to an Osage Indian,…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Belk v. MeagherSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. Atherton v. FowlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Campbell v. RankinSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  4. Haws v. Victoria Copper Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
  5. Christy v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1853

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Bear v. District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial District Ex Rel. County of RooseveltMontana Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Whitcomb v. OllerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  3. Vermillion v. Spotted ElkNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1957
  4. Pure Oil Co. v. QuarlesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
  5. Bonnet v. SeekinsMontana Supreme Court · 1952

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