Hughes v. Kano
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Tulsa County; Conn Linn, Judge. Action by Jonas Kano against R. H. Hughes. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
OWEN, .T.
This action was brought in the district court of Tulsa county, by Jonas Kano, to try title to certain lands in the Creek Nation allotted to Susan Billy, who died in 1914, leaving a minor child. This child died in 1915. The issue is as to whether Kano, the father of the child, -or Lumber Billy, father- of Susan Billy and grandfather of the child, inherited the land at the child’s death. Plaintiff in error • claims through Lumber Billy.
It appears that Jonas Kano, a Creek Indian hoy between 16 and 17 years of age, agreed with Susan Billy, a Creek Indian girl, to assume the relation of…
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