Parker v. Lynch
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Kay County, before A. (r. C. Bierer, District Judye. STATEMENT OF FACTS. This is an action commenced by John W. Parker, in the district court of Kay county, against James W. Lynch and the town of Ponca City, to declare a resulting trust. Judgment was rendered for defendant, from which plaintiff appeals to this court.
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Error from the District Court of Kay County, before A. (r. C. Bierer, District Judye. STATEMENT OF FACTS. This is an action commenced by John W. Parker, in the district court of Kay county, against James W. Lynch and the town of Ponca City, to declare a resulting trust. Judgment was rendered for defendant, from which plaintiff appeals to this court. The original petition was filed on May 17, 1895. To this, the defendants interposed their respective -demurrers on two grounds: (1) That the court had no jurisdiction of the subject matter of the action; and, (2) that the petition did not state…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Burwell, J.:
In this case, we are called upon to determine whether or not the trial court had jurisdiction of the subject of the action. The defendant in error insists that it had not, and for that reason this court should dismiss the appeal.
The question of jurisdiction has been frequently discussed by the different courts of the country, including the supreme court of the United States, which has been several times called to pass upon this question. Before entering upon a discussion of this matter, perhaps we had better ascertain the meaning of this word, as used by our…
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