Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Voyles v. Pierce

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided May 29, 1917No. 7567PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error from District Court, Craig County; Preston S. Davis, Judge. Action by the State of Oklahoma, on the relation of Willard H. Yoyles, County Attorney in and for Craig County, State of Oklahoma, against M. L. Pierce and others. There was a judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

RUMMONS, C.

This is an action upon a bail bond given upon an appeal from the county court of Craig county to the Criminal Court of Appeals of'the state of Oklahoma. The sureties upon the bond appeared and demurred to the petition of the plaintiff for the reason that said petition did not state facts ’sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The demurrer was by the court sustained, and, the plaintiff refusing to plead further, judgment was rendered for the defendants. Plaintiff excepted, and prosecutes this proceeding in error to reverse the judgment of the court below.

The petition…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Melton v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  2. State Ex Rel. Hankin v. HoltSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Abel v. State Ex Rel. SayeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
  2. Selby v. State Ex Rel. AmisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1956
  3. Mitchell v. City of LawtonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
  4. Sutton v. State Ex Rel. SelbySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
  5. Schwoerke v. State ex rel. GibbonsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1963

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