Legal Opinion

Williams v. Arends

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided March 14, 1916No. 6713Published

Error from District Court, Garfield County; James B. Cullison, Judge. Action by John Arends against John A. Williams and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

BURFORD, C.

This was an action brought by John Arends to recover the proceeds of a certain check delivered to Williams, as constable. It was tried upon two theories: First, that of the plaintiff, which was, in substance, that the defendant Williams, a regularly elected ’ and acting constable, came to the farm of the defendant Arends armed with a writ of attachment issued out of a justice of the peace court in Enid in an action in which one McCarty was plaintiff and John Arends was defendant; that Williams served Arends with a copy of the summons in the suit and a copy of the writ of…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Malott v. HawkinsIndiana Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Mullen v. ThaxtonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
  3. Lowe v. the City of GuthrieSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1896
  4. Chambers v. Van WagnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  5. Finch v. BrownSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910

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