Legal Opinion

Spade v. Morton

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided March 21, 1911No. 925PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Error from District Court, Cherokee County; Malcolm E. Rosser, Judge. Action by Sam Spade, a minor, by John Spade, guardian and next friend, against A. D. Morton, Jennie O. Morton, and the Prairie Oil and Gas Company. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtHayes-, J.

This action was originally brought in the United States court for the Northern judicial district of the Indian Territory at Tahlequah. Upon the admission of the state,, it was transferred, under the provisions of the enabling act and the Schedule to the Constitution, to the district court of Cherokee county, where trial was had and judgment rendered. The action was instituted in the court below by plaintiff in error, hereafter referred to as plaintiff, against defendants in error, hereafter referred to as defendants.

The purpose of the action is to set aside a certain deed executed by one…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Grignon's Lessee v. ASTORSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
  2. Eaves v. MullenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  3. Mohr v. ManierreSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  4. United States Ex Rel. Hine v. MorseSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  5. Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Roth v. Union Nat. Bank of BartlesvilleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  2. Hathaway v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  3. Continental Gin Co. v. De BordSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  4. Allison v. CrummeySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  5. Seal v. BanesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934

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