Powers v. Rude
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Greer County; before Jno. II. Burford, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE EACTS. This action was commenced in the district court of Greer county, to cancel a deed purporting to have been executed and delivered by J. A. Powers to I. J. Eude, as trustee, conveying forty acres of land, tlie said I. J. Eude having subsequently conveyed a portion of said land to the Chicago, Eock Island & Pacific Eailway Company.
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Error from the District Court of Greer County; before Jno. II. Burford, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE EACTS. This action was commenced in the district court of Greer county, to cancel a deed purporting to have been executed and delivered by J. A. Powers to I. J. Eude, as trustee, conveying forty acres of land, tlie said I. J. Eude having subsequently conveyed a portion of said land to the Chicago, Eock Island & Pacific Eailway Company. The material averments in the petition are as follows. That the plaintiffs are husband and wife, and are the legal and equitable owners of the real estate in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Hainer, J.:
The main question involved in this case is, whether there was a delivery of the deed to the land in dispute, under which the defendants claim title. It appears from the record that on March 28, 1900, a number of citizens of the town of Mangum, among them J. A. Powers, submitted a proposition to the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, to donate certain moneys and property to said company, provided it would extend its line of railroad to said town. On March 29, 1900, a contract of subscription was prepared and circulated among the citizens of said…
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