Legal Opinion

Huston v. Scott

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided February 3, 1908No. 1797, Okla. TPublishedCited by 64 opinions

Okla. T. Error from District Court, Logan County; before John Ii. Bur-ford, Judge. Ejectment by A. H. Huston against Ann E. Webb. Judgment for defendant, and plaintifE brings error. Pending appeal, Ann E. Reavis, formerly Ann E. Webb, died. The cause was revived in the name of Harry Omar Scott, as administrator with the will annexed.

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Okla. T. Error from District Court, Logan County; before John Ii. Bur-ford, Judge. Ejectment by A. H. Huston against Ann E. Webb. Judgment for defendant, and plaintifE brings error. Pending appeal, Ann E. Reavis, formerly Ann E. Webb, died. The cause was revived in the name of Harry Omar Scott, as administrator with the will annexed. This suit is one in ejectment filed September 13, 1903 in the district court of Logan county, by A. H. Huston, plaintifE in error, against Ann E. Webb, defendant. The case was tried in the district court December 11, 1903, and judgment against plaintifE rendered…

1Opinion of the CourtDunn, J.

(after stating the facts as above). Under the issues raised by the facts in this case, there are but two questions which present themselves to the court for determination:

First. Was section 2026 of the Statutes of 1893 in force on September 11, 1902, at the time of the purchase by the plaintiff of his deed from B. F. Blubaugh ? the statute reading as follows:

“Every person who buys or sells, or in any manner procures, or makes or takes any promise or covenant to convey any pretended right or title to any lands or tenements, unless the grantor thereof, or the person making such promise or…

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