Legal Opinion

Bryant v. Cadle

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided October 5, 1909No. 599PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Error to the District Court, Sheridan County, ,HoN. Carroll H. Parmslee, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.' It is attempted by the defendant in error to attack collaterally the court proceedings relating to the land in controversy, in which proceedings a receiver was appointed and the land was first placed under his control and subsequently in the full, unqualified and absolute control of the divorced wife of the defendant’s intestate.

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Error to the District Court, Sheridan County, ,HoN. Carroll H. Parmslee, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.' It is attempted by the defendant in error to attack collaterally the court proceedings relating to the land in controversy, in which proceedings a receiver was appointed and the land was first placed under his control and subsequently in the full, unqualified and absolute control of the divorced wife of the defendant’s intestate. Where such an attack is made upon court proceedings, every fact essential to complete jurisdiction is to be presumed unless the contrary…

1Opinion of the Court

Potter, Chief Justice.

This is a suit to recover possession of real estate and damages for its alleged unlawful detention, and was brought in the District Court in Sheridan County by James A. Scrutchfield against Zachariah M. Bryant and Walter Culbertson. The suit was commenced April 12, .1907. The defendant Culbertson filed a separate answer, denying generally the allegations of the .petition, after which the claim against him seems to have been abandoned. After the submission of the cause, but before it was- decided, Scrutch-field died, and S. P. Cadle, as administrator of his estate, was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Salter v. SalterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
  2. Wardlaw v. McNeillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  3. Jones v. ThomasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
  4. Joplin Brewing Co. v. PayneSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
  5. John v. SmithU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon · 1899

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. City of Rock Springs v. SturmWyoming Supreme Court · 1929
  2. Da Shores v. Dl LindseyWyoming Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Gray v. FitzhughWyoming Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Meyer v. EllisWyoming Supreme Court · 1966
  5. Oedekoven v. OedekovenWyoming Supreme Court · 1975

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