Stevens v. Dill

Citations

• 87 Okla. 135

Syllabus

<p>(Syllabus.)</p> <p>Courts — County Courts — Jurisdiction — Setting Aside Guardian’s Sale After Confirmation and Delivery of Deed.</p> <p>Section 12, art. 7, of the Constitution provides : '</p> <p>“Tlie county court, co-extensive with the county, shall have original jurisdiction in all probate matters, and until otherwise provided fay 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 any action for malicious prosecution, or in contracts for the sale of real estate, or in any matter wherein the title or boundaries 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 of this state are without jurisdiction to vacate or set aside a decree of sale, order of confirmation, or guardian’s deed after the sale lias been completed and a delivery of the guardian’s deed executed pursuant to the order of the court confirming such sale.</p> <p>(fa) 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 exist, or should arise, entitling any interested party in the sale to bo relieved from such sale, resort must be had in this state to the district court, a court of general equitable jurisdiction.</p> <p>(c) That an action to vacate such sale after confirmation and delivery of conveyance, is a civil action, and not a probate proceeding.</p>