Proctor v. Capps
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from County Court, Cotton Coun ty; J. C. Norman, Judge. Forcible entry and detainer by T. W. Capps against E. M. Proctor. Judgment for defendant in justice’s court, and from a judgment for plaintiff on a trial to a jury in the county court, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtTurner, J.
On October 14, 1915, T. W. Capps sued E. M. Proctor in Cotton county, before a justice of the peace, in forcible entry and detainer. He alleged that on March 16, 1915, he was in rightful and exclusive possession of a certain quarter section of land in that county, and that while so possessed defendant wrongfully, unlawfully, and forcibly broke and entered thereupon and took from laintiff a certain 139 acres thereof. He prayed for possession and for damages. After a plea of not guilty, there was trial and judgment for defendant, and on trial anew to a jury in the county court in favor of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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