Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Bridges v. Rea

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided May 16, 1916No. 6228Published

Error from District Court, Johnston County ; Robert M. Rainey, Judge. Action by Ida L. Bridges, a minor, by her next friend, W. W. Wells, against W. C. Rea and another. There was a judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.

1Concurrence

SHARP, O. J.

(concurring). I think the sale made by the guardian void, because in contravention of section 6567, Rev. Laws 1910, requiring that:

“All sales of real estate of wards must be for cash, or for part cash and part deferred payments, not to exceed three years, bearing date from date of sale, as, in the discretion of the county judge is most beneficial to the ward.”

That the lands were in fact exchanged and not sold is not seriously questioned.. Counsel for defendants in error in their original brief concede as much when they say:

“We deny that technically the drug store was exchanged for…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Perin v. MegibbenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1892
  2. Moran v. JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
  3. Walker v. McLoudSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  4. Moran v. JamesNew York Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Walker v. McLoudCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905

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