Muskogee Development Co. v. Green
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the United States Qourt for the Western District of the Indian Territory. Action by the Muskogee Development Company and others against Dora Green and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error.
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Error from the United States Qourt for the Western District of the Indian Territory. Action by the Muskogee Development Company and others against Dora Green and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error. This suit was instituted on the 1st day of January, A. D. 1905, by the plaintiffs in error, as plaintiffs, against the defendants in error, as defendants, and it grew out of the following condition of facts: On August 16, A. D. 1902, or eight days after the promulgation of the Supplemental Creek Agreement, R. B. Hutchinson entered into a five-year agricultural lease with…
1Opinion of the Court
"WILLIAMS, C. J.
(after stating the facts as above). The only question necessary to determine is whether or not' the court erred in ordering that this cause be dismissed, and the receiver discharged, and the property involved in this controversy placed in the possession of the defendants in error. The law, in its wisdom and comprehensiveness, throws around infants and minors every, possible protection; but the question is presented here that when such infant or minor receives the benefit of an invalid contract, and such benefit is permanent and substantial and continuing with such minor,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Craig v. Van BebberSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Englebert v. TroxellNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
- Beard v. DansbySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1886
- American Freehold Land Mortgage Co. v. DykesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Stull v. HarrisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1888
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Chisholm v. Creek & Indiana Development Co.District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1921
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