Brakefield v. Lucas
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
'Error from the District Court of Canadian County; before John C. Tarsney, District Judge. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. This suit was begun before a justice of the peace for Canadian county. The bill of particulars charged, that on the 22d day of January, 1894, the defendant carried away and converted to his own use three hundred and fifty bushels of oats, the property of the plaintiff, of the value of $87.50 which was due and unpaid.
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'Error from the District Court of Canadian County; before John C. Tarsney, District Judge. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. This suit was begun before a justice of the peace for Canadian county. The bill of particulars charged, that on the 22d day of January, 1894, the defendant carried away and converted to his own use three hundred and fifty bushels of oats, the property of the plaintiff, of the value of $87.50 which was due and unpaid. The defendant answered that in a former action before a justice of the peace, in which Ferguson was plaintiff and Brakefield, the plaintiff here, was defendant, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
McAtee, J.:
The sole question involved in the case is whether the judgment of the district court against Jackson and the finding of the court that “there exists no joint liability on the part of the co-defendants, Ferguson, Lucas and others, with the defendant Jackson, on the cause of action set forth in the pleadings of the plaintiff,” and by which it was, therefore, by the court “ordered and adjudged that the defendants, Ferguson, Lucas and others, recover their costs herein against the plaintiff”’ is a good defense in this action.
The finding of the court was that…
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