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Smallwood v. Holder

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Jan 19, 1960
348 P.2d 849 (Okla. 1960)

Opinion

No. 38543.

January 19, 1960.

Appeal from the District Court of Custer County; W.P. Keen, Judge.

Action by plaintiff in error to quiet title to 80 acres of land and to determine validity of lease by her grantor to defendant in error covering said land and 800 acres of other land. Plaintiff in error contends that her grantor did not execute lease, and in the alternative that the parties to the lease abandoned same. From judgment sustaining validity of lease, plaintiff in error appeals. Affirmed.

Donald B. Darrah, Durant, Meacham, Meacham Meacham, Clinton, for plaintiff in error.

Arney, Barker Donley, Clinton, for defendant in error.


The only material difference in the issues presented by this appeal and those presented in Appeal No. 38,547, Lewter v. Holder, Okla.Sup., 348 P.2d 845 is this: The validity of the deed from Ed Holder, deceased, to plaintiff in error, covering the 80-acre tract referred to in No. 38,547 is in controversy in this case but was not in controversy in No. 38,547, and the plaintiff in error asserts that she had no notice of the claim asserted under the lease in controversy at the time the 80-acre tract was conveyed to her.

The trial court found and held that the deed was valid and defendant in error did not appeal. In view of the fact that defendant in error was in possession of the 80, she is charged with notice of the rights that he asserts under the lease in controversy. See cases cited under West's Okla. Dig., Vol. 14, Part I, Vendor and Purchaser. W.A. Lewter, executor of the estate of Ed Holder, deceased, is not a party to this action.

The parties stipulated in the lower court that the evidence introduced in No. 38,547 (No. 11,238 in the lower court) should be considered, insofar as applicable, as having been introduced in this case.

With the exceptions above noted, our opinion in No. 38,547 is determinative of the issues presented by this appeal and is, therefore, adopted where applicable as our opinion herein.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Smallwood v. Holder

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Jan 19, 1960
348 P.2d 849 (Okla. 1960)
Case details for

Smallwood v. Holder

Case Details

Full title:BEULAH SMALLWOOD, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. FLOYD HOLDER, DEFENDANT IN ERROR

Court:Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Date published: Jan 19, 1960

Citations

348 P.2d 849 (Okla. 1960)
1960 OK 7