Legal Opinion

Templeman v. Bruner

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided January 19, 1914No. 3322PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error from District Court, Hughes County; John Caruthers, Judge. Action by Walter E. Templeman against Janetta Bruner and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error. Affirmed. On rehearing.

1Opinion of the Court

The one question presented by this appeal is whether the father or the mother inherited the allotment of Edmond Sewell, enrolled as a mixed-blood Creek citizen, and who was born out of wedlock, and whose father and mother never intermarried, but who was legitimatized in the manner provided by section 4931 of Comp. Laws 1909, being section 4399, Rev. Laws 1910. The action was tried upon an agreed statement of facts, from which it appears that Edmond Sewell was enrolled as a mixed-blood Creek Indian, and that he received an allotment of land by reason thereof, and that the land in controversy…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Blythe v. AyresCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
  2. In re the Estate of JessupCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Allison v. BryanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  4. Estate of JobsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Calhoun v. BryantSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1911

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of McDadeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  2. Navarro v. HullCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
  3. Brown v. ShwinogeeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1927
  4. Henson v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
  5. Walker v. TynerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923

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