Legal Opinion
Board of County Commissioners v. Brown
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 20, 1955No. 36774PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELCH, Justice.
The Board of County Commissioners of Oklahoma County brought suit to quiet title, and for ejectment, against Finous Brown and ’M. M. Carter.
The subject of the suit is a certain strip of land. The facts in the case, as reflected by the pleadings, are as follows:
In 1909 Eliza Tedrick, by deed, conveyed to a certain railway company a tract of land described by metes and bounds. The habendum clause of that deed provides :
“It is understood that a strip 37½ feet wide along the south side of the lands hereby conveyed shall be used and dedicated to the public for a highway and that the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- County of Wayne v. MillerMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
- Niles v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
- City of Tulsa v. AaronsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Oklahoma City v. State Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1939
3Cited by7 opinions
- Minie v. HudsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1997
- Reta Lunsford Brown v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Henry v. Ionic Petroleum CompanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964
- State v. Kieffer-RodenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2009
- Kelly v. City of BethanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1978
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