Moore v. Coughlin
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Kay County; C. L. Pinkham, Judge. Action by Joe Coughlin against Reuben L. Moore. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
BREWER, C.
This suit involves the common-law rule of emblements or “waygoing crops.” Joe Coughlin was a tenant of a Ponca Indian allottee, under a written lease, approved by the Secretary of Interior, which expired August 1, 1905. Reuben Moore took a lease on the same land, beginning August 1, 1905. This lease was not approved by the department until September 16, 1905. When Coughlin’s lease expired, he had a crop of 2,000 bushels of corn standing ungathered upon the land. Moore, after taking possession, and over the protest of Coughlin, gathered the corn and converted it to his own…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hecht v. DettmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1881
- Phillips v. KeysawSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1899
- First National Bank of Clay Centre v. BeegleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1894
- Goodwin v. CloverSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Bristow v. CarrigerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Smith v. FrantzIndiana Court of Appeals · 1915
- Moore v. CoughlinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913