Legal Opinion

Towne v. Martin

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided November 13, 1945No. 31836PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HURST, V. C. J.

This is a suit for damages for malicious prosecution of a civil action commenced by-the plaintiffs, L. J. Towne and Ram Morrison, against the defendants, C. M. Martin, V. V. Harris, E. B. Galloway, George C. Naden, Melton H. Ehrlich, and H. A. Newbill. From a judgment for the defendants, the plaintiffs appeal.

The history of the transactions here-, in involved extends back to 1907, when H. H. Kroeger secured a written contract from Apple and Franklin for oil leases upon 740 acres of land'in Pontotoc county. Thereafter, C. M. Martin and Sadie L. Knotts purchased the land, and on…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Gray v. AbboudSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1939
  2. Kroeger v. MartinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
  3. Champlin Refining Co. v. Le ForceSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
  4. Galloway v. KroegerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
  5. Southern Ice & Utilities Co. v. BenchSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Michael Lindsey v. Dayton-Hudson Corporation, D/B/A Target Stores, a Minnesota CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
  2. Greenberg v. WolfbergSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
  3. Young v. First State Bank, WatongaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981
  4. Lewis v. Crystal Gas CompanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
  5. Adamson v. Dayton Hudson Corp.Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1989

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