McDowell v. King

B. T. McDowell, plaintiff in error, instituted suit in replevin in a justice of the peace court in Wewoka against J. M. King and S. N. North for possession of a small two-room house. Judgment was for the plaintiff, but on appeal to the superior court the defendants prevailed. The plaintiff appeals.

The evidence shows that Fenton, an elderly man, constructed the house on a certain vacant lot in Wewoka, and lived there for a short while until his death. His son then sold the house to Mr. Thomas. The house was in turn sold to various persons. When defendant King purchased the lots, Mrs. Harrison,…