Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Alexander

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided August 8, 1917No. 4936PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Error from District Court, Hughes County; John Caruthers, Judge. Action to quiet title by Willie Alexander, by his next friend, Izora Lee, against J. Coody Johnson, Cortland L. Long, and others, with cross-petition by defendant, Long. Default judgment rendered on cross-petition against plaintiff was vacated on his motion, and there was judgment for plaintiff on the merits, and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

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PRYOR, 0.

This action was commenced in the district court of Hughes county on the 8th day of October, 1909, by Willie Alexander by his next friend, Izora Lee, defendant in error, against the plaintiffs in error to quiet title on certain lands, lying in Hughes county, of the said Willie Alexander, by having declared void certain deeds and conveyances purported to convey said lands to the plaintiffs in error. The parties will be referred to as plaintiff and defendants as they appeared in the trial court.

The plaintiff, Willie Alexander, is a (jreek freedman duly enrolled as such, and…

2Cases cited17 opinions

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  5. Doughty v. FunkSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909

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