Jackson v. Porter

Citations

• 87 Okla. 112

Syllabus

<p>(Syllabus.)</p> <p>Courts — County Courts — Jurisdiction— Setting Aside Guardian Sale After Confirmation and Delivery of Deed.</p> <p>Section 32, art. 7. of the Constitution provides: “The county court, cn-extensive with the county, shall have original jurisdiction in all probate matters, and until otherwise provided by law, shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in civil cases in any amount not exceeding one thousand dollars, exclusive of interest; provided, that the county court shall not have jurisdiction in any action for malicious prosecution, or in any action for divorce or alimony, or in any action against officers for (misconduct in office, or in actions for slander or libel or in actions for the specific performance of contracts for the sale of real estate, or in any matter wherein the title or bovunlari.M of land may be in dispute or called in question; nor to order or decree the partition or sale of real estate, not arising under its probate jurisdiction. (Bunn’s Ed., sec. 182.)”</p> <p>Held: (a; That the county courts oí this state are without jurisdiction to vacate or set aside a decree of sale, order of confirmation, or guardian’s deed after the sale has been completed and a delivery of the guardian’s deed executed pursuant to the order of the court confirming- such sale.</p> <p>(.b) After such sale has been completed by confirmation and a vestiture of title in the purchaser by delivery of deed, if any matter of equity exists, or should arise, entitling any interested' party in the sale to be relieved from such sale, resort must be had in this state to the district court, a court of general equitable jurisdiction.</p> <p>(cl That an action to vacate such sale after confirmation and delivery of conveyance, is a civil action, and not a probate proceeding.</p> <p>Miller. J.. dissenting.</p>