Sproat v. Durland

Opinion of the court by

Burford, C. J.:

This proceeding purports to be-an appeal from a judgment rendered in the district court of Oklahoma county. Durland, the defendant in error, brought suit in ejectment against Sproat, who is plaintiff in error here. Sproat filed a cross-petition, in which he pleaded an equitable title in himself, and sought to have a resulting trust declared. A demurrer was sustained to the cross-petition, and it is averred that a judgment was rendered for Durland. The record consists of the original papers and a bill of exceptions. It appears from these papers that one…