Legal Opinion

McLaughlin v. Nettleton

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided May 11, 1915No. 5721PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error from District Court, Kiowa County; G. A. Brown, Assigned Judge. Proceeding by Charles McLaughlin and others against Arthur E. Nettleton and others, to vacate a judgment. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error.

1Opinion of the CourtKane, C. J.

This was a proceeding commenced under section 5267, Rev. Laws Okla. 1910, by the plaintiffs in error, for the purpose of vacating a judgment of one of the district courts of the state. In the petition which was filed in the court by which judgment was rendered, the plaintiffs, after stating their defense to the former action, attempted to set forth facts constituting “unavoidable casualty or misfortune preventing the party from prosecuting or defending,” one of the statutory grounds for vacating a judgment by the court rendering the same. The court below sustained a general demurrer to the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Utah Commercial & Savings Bank v. TrumboUtah Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Simpkins v. SimpkinsMontana Supreme Court · 1894

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Wagner v. LucasSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
  2. McLaughlin v. NettletonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
  3. Grayson v. StithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
  4. Simmons v. HarrisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
  5. English v. SmithWyoming Supreme Court · 1953

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