LAYDEN v. MAY

No. 37907.

340 P.2d 457 (1959)

W.H. LAYDEN, County Judge, Plaintiff in Error, v. James M. MAY, Guardian of the Estate of Ben T. Galbraith, Incompetent, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

May 26, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnote, Arnote & Bratton, McAlester, for plaintiff in error.

Fred W. Whetsel, McAlester, for defendant in error.


BLACKBIRD, Justice.

This appeal involves the disqualification of plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as respondent, to act as County Judge in the matter of the removal of defendant in error, James M. May, hereinafter referred to as petitioner, from his position as guardian of one Ben T. Galbraith, who is serving a life sentence after conviction for murder in the District Court of Pittsburg County during 1955. In August...

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