Wheeler v. Widener
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Pawnee County ; W. M. Bowles, Judge. Action by May Wheeler and others against James Widener and others. Erom judgment for defendants, plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
This was an action commenced by the plaintiffs in error, plaintiffs below, against the defendant in error James Widener, for the purpose of declaring a resulting trust in a certain tract of land entered and proved up by AVidener under the homestead laws of -the United States. Upon trial to the court there was judgment in favor of the defendants, to reverse which this proceeding in error was commenced. Hereafter, for convenience, the parties will be designated as “plaintiffs” and “defendants,” respectively, as they appeared in the trial court.
It appears that the land in controversy was entered…
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- Barlow v. BarlowSupreme Court of Kansas · 1892
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