Collins v. Smith

The plaintiff in Error, Harry James Collins, hereafter referred to as plaintiff, filed this action against the defendant in error, Dema E. Smith, Administratrix of the es tate of Wesley M. Smith, hereinafter referred to as defendant, to quiet title to 142 acres of land in Ottawa County, Oklahoma.

The plaintiff was the holder of the record title at the time the land was sold at resale to Ottawa County for delinquent taxes June 1, 1942. On August 3, 1942, a county commissioners’ deed was executed and delivered to Wesley M. Smith, defendant’s intestate, which was duly recorded April 24, 1945.

This…