Title: GRAGG v. PRUITT
Citation: 179 Okla. 382, 1936 OK 843, 65 P.2d 1006
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: December 22, 1936

GRAGG v. PRUITT Annotate this Case GRAGG v. PRUITT 1936 OK 843 65 P.2d 1006 179 Okla. 382 Case Number: 25239 Decided: 12/22/1936 Supreme Court of Oklahoma GRAGG v. PRUITT Syllabus ¶0 TRUSTS - Resulting Trusts - Accounting Properly Required. When a resulting trust has been judicially determined, it is proper to require a just accounting. Appeal from District Court, Seminole County; Geo. C. Crump, Judge. Action by Freelin Pruitt, a minor, by his joint guardian, G.L. Sandlin and another, against C.E. Gragg et al. From a judgment requiring an accounting by defendants, who held property in trust for plaintiff, the defendants appeal. Affirmed. W.A. Barnett, R.M. Cavanaugh, and Norvell & Norvell, for plaintiffs in error. Edgar A. deMueles, guardian an litem, and Biggers & Biggers, for defendants in error. WELCH, J. ¶1 This is a companion case to No. 23764, this day decided. ¶2 179 Okla. 369 , 65 P.2d 994 . In that case this court affirmed the judgment of the trial court holding that defendants held in trust for the plaintiffs a certain interest in a producing oil and gas lease. Following that determination in that case in the trial court, the trial court required the defendants to account to the plaintiffs, and from that judgment and accounting the defendants prosecute this separate appeal to this court. ¶3 It was stipulated herein that a determination of this appeal should follow the determination by this court in cause No. 23764, wherein the existence of the trust was in controversy. ¶4 By reason of the stipulation, and on account of our determination of the other case, the judgment here appealed from is affirmed.