Jones v. First State Bank of Bristow
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from County Court, Creek County; Josiah G. Davis, Judge. Action by Robert Jones against the First State Bank of Bristow. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
SPIARP, C.
Plaintiff sued defendant in a justice of the peace court to recover possession of a mule. The trial resulted in a verdict in plaintiff’s favor, and defendant appealed to the county court, where, at the conclusion of all the testimony, the court, on defendant’s motion, instructed a verdict for the defendant upon the theory, apparently, that plaintiff had failed to prove the value of the animal, and that such proof was indispensable. It will not be required of us to consider the necessity of proving the value of property in a re plevin action, in cases where a delivery…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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