Legal Opinion · Dissent

Kunauntubbee v. Greer

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided March 25, 1958No. 36970Published

1Dissent

*732HALLEY, .Justice

(dissenting).

In my judgment the majority opinion misinterprets the inventory of property that Joseph Kunauntubbee Sr. submitted to the rounty assessor of Bowie County, Texas, in March, 1949. He showed the owner of the property to be Joseph Kunauntubbee, Jr. He did not sign the Homestead Oath. He never said he owned the lots covered by the inventory and I cannot find where Joseph Kunauntubbee Sr. at any time ever claimed this Texas property as his homestead. The property had been turned over to Joseph Kunaun-tubbee, Jr. This is shown by the fact that on January 13, 1949, Joseph…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Rancho Oil Co. v. PowellTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  2. McCammon v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  3. Illinois Oldsmobile Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925
  4. Cooper v. KiesterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1947
  5. Gough v. GibsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928

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