Wilson v. Owens
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the United States Court of Appeals in the Indian Territory. This case comes on a writ of error from the United States court of appeals in the Indian Territory. It is a suit in ejedment brought by J. B. Wilson, the plaintiff in error, against Sol B. Owens, the defendant in error, to recover possession of certain lands situated in the Indian Territory.
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In Error to the United States Court of Appeals in the Indian Territory. This case comes on a writ of error from the United States court of appeals in the Indian Territory. It is a suit in ejedment brought by J. B. Wilson, the plaintiff in error, against Sol B. Owens, the defendant in error, to recover possession of certain lands situated in the Indian Territory. Judgment was rendered against the plaintiff below at nisi prius, and the judgment was affirmed by the court of appeals in the Indian Territory. Wilson v. Owens, 38 S." W. 976. It is conceded by counsel for the plaintiff in error that…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, Circuit Judge
Confining ourselves to the questions which are open for review on the present record, the first and most important inquiry is whether the plaintiff below was entitled to invoke the protection of the statute of frauds. It is claimed in behalf of the plaintiff that the contracts of rental upon which the defendant- bases his right to possession were void, because they were verbal, and not to be performed within one year. We think that this contention was properly overruled by the territorial court of appeals. In the case of McClellan v. Pyeatt, 32 U. S. App. 104, 14 C. C. A. 140, 66 Fed. 844,…
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