Shelton v. Jones
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error ftrom District Court, Comanche County; Cham Jones, Judge. Action by J. P. Jones against E. W. Shelton. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
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Error ftrom District Court, Comanche County; Cham Jones, Judge. Action by J. P. Jones against E. W. Shelton. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. On November 5, 1912, the plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, being the owner of a lot in the city of Lawton, Comanche county, entered into a lease with Marshall A. Tucker and C. S. Powell, partners doing business under the firm name of Tucker & Powell, whereby he let said lot to said Tucker & Powell for a- term expiring January 1, 1908. The lease contained the following provisions: “The said Shelton also agrees that…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
RUMMONS, O.
(after stating the facts as above). The first assignment of error urged in the brief of the defendant. and the only one necessary to be considered, complains of the overruling of his demurler to the petition of the plaintiff, and in support of this assignment it is urged by defendant that the petition does not show that th> plaintiff was entitled to the possession of tlir building the value of which is sought to be recovered at the time of the alleged conversion by the defendant.
In order for the plaintiff to recover in an action of trover, it is necessary for him to…
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