Title: HOWARD v. REELING
Citation: 122 Okla. 101, 1926 OK 969, 251 P. 49 5
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: December 7, 1926

HOWARD v. REELING Annotate this Case HOWARD v. REELING 1926 OK 969 251 P. 495 122 Okla. 101 Case Number: 16719 Decided: 12/07/1926 Supreme Court of Oklahoma HOWARD v. REELING. Syllabus ¶0 Appeal and Error--Reversible Error--Hearsay Evidence. The admission of hearsay evidence, which is calculated to mislead the jury and prejudice the rights of the litigant against whose interest such hearsay evidence is admitted, constitutes reversible error. White & Reid, for plaintiff in error. Lunsford & Windham, for defendant in error. PHELPS, J. ¶1 Jake Reeling, defendant in error, bought an automobile from Henry Howard, plaintiff in error, who warranted the title thereto. It was afterwards claimed that the automobile was a stolen car, to which Howard had no title, and Reeling filed his action in the district court of LeFlore county for judgment against Howard for $ 600, the purchase price. Upon trial Reeling prevailed, and Howard prosecutes this appeal. ¶2 The petition in error presents and counsel argue a number of assignments of error, only one of which, however, is necessary for a disposition of this appeal, to wit: That the court erred in admitting, over the objection of plaintiff in error, incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial, and hearsay evidence.