Childs v. Cook
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Garvin County; E. B. Swank, Judge. -Suit by E. H. Childs, as guardian for certain of his minor children and others against Ellen Cook, Emma Poland, and Cordelia Jacobs for tbe partition of tbe homestead and surplus allotment, selected after the death of Sim Nelson by Ellen Cook, -his widow and administratrix, with answer by Ellen Cook claiming a dower interest and joining in tbe -prayer for partition or sale.
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Error from District Court, Garvin County; E. B. Swank, Judge. -Suit by E. H. Childs, as guardian for certain of his minor children and others against Ellen Cook, Emma Poland, and Cordelia Jacobs for tbe partition of tbe homestead and surplus allotment, selected after the death of Sim Nelson by Ellen Cook, -his widow and administratrix, with answer by Ellen Cook claiming a dower interest and joining in tbe -prayer for partition or sale. Judgment for Ellen Cook for dower, and sale made and confirmed, and thereafter -Cordelia Jacobs filed a plea in intervention, asserting the invalidity of her…
1Opinion of the CourtRainey, J.
The plaintiffs in error have brought this case here to review the action of the district court of Garvin county in setting aside to one Ellen Cook, defendant in error, a sum of money out of the proceeds of the sale of the allotment of her deceased husband, Sim Nelson, in lieu of dower. This is the second time the cause has been in this court, the first case being No. 3354 (Ellen Cook, Plaintiff in Error, v. F. H. Childs et al., Defendants in Error, 49 Okla. 321. 152 Pac. 88). A brief statement of the facts and the history of the case will mo-re clearly disclose the contentions of the…
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