Scroggins v. Oliver
Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory
Appeal from the United States Court for the Southern District of the Indian Territory; before Justice Hosea Townsend, April 11, 1903. Action by Lee Scroggins and others against L. C. Oliver. From an adverse judgment, plaintiffs appeal.
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Appeal from the United States Court for the Southern District of the Indian Territory; before Justice Hosea Townsend, April 11, 1903. Action by Lee Scroggins and others against L. C. Oliver. From an adverse judgment, plaintiffs appeal. February 24, 1902, Lee Scroggins, Columbus Scroggins, Frank Scroggins, and Anna Scroggins, minors, by Nettie Chandler guardian and next friend, and J. R. Chandler, administrator of the estate of Susan Scroggins, deceased, filed in the United States Court for the Southern District of the Indian Territory, at Pauls Valley, their comjilaint at law to recover of…
1Opinion of the CourtGill, C. J.
(after stating the facts as above). Chapter 119 of Mansfield's Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas of 1889 (Ind. Ter. Ann. St. 1899, c. 54), entitled “Pleading and Practice,” was adopted and put in force in the Indian Territory by Act Cong. March 1, 1889, c. 333, § 6, 25 Stat. 784, and readopted by act of May 2, 1890, 26 Stat. p. 94, c. 182, § 31. Section. 4955 of Mansfield's Digest of Statutes (Ind. Ter. Ann. St. 1899, § 3160), reads: “The action of an infant must be brought by his guardian or_ his next friend. Any person may bring the action of an infant as his next friend; but the court has…
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