Legal Opinion
Wells v. McArthur
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 9, 1920No. 10994PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Error from District Court, Stephens County; Cham .Tones, Judge. Action by Joe R. McArthur against R. W. Wells and J. S. Mullen for possession of a certain tract of land in Stephens county and for rents and profits therefrom. Judgment for plaintiff, defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
This is an appeal by transcript, The errors assigned are:
“First. Because the court erred in rendering judgment against these plaintiffs in error.
“Second. The court erred in rendering judgment by default when there was no affidavit on file — that defendants were not in the service of the United States, according to the act of Congress of the 8th day of March, 1919.
“Third. Because the plaintiffs in error had a valid defense, and if they had been permitted to appear and defend their cause of action, no judgment would have been rendered for the plaintiffs.”
Motion has been filed to dismiss, and no…
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