Legal Opinion

Salmon v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided April 6, 1920No. 9717PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Error from District Court, Okmulgee County ; Mark L. Bozarth, Judge. Action by Miley Johnson and another against Seth Salmon and another. From the judgment, defendants bring error, and plaintiff Johnson also brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtRainey, J.

August Deer, a freedman citizen of the Creek Nation, died in August, 1901, leaving as his sole and only heirs at law Sophia Deer, Elizabeth Deer, now Elizabeth Deer Smith, and Charles Deer, each of whom inherited an undivided one-third interest in his allotment. Thereafter Charles Deer, who was a minor, died intestate, leaving as his sole heirs Elizabeth Deer Smith and Miley Johnson, who jointly inherited the undivided one-tliird interest that he inherited from the said August Deer. Subsequent to the death of August Deer, Sophia Deer conveyed her undivided one-third interest in the land to A.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Tiger v. Western Investment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. Bd. of Com'rs of Creek v. Alexander, St. TreasurerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  3. Griffin v. CulpSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
  4. Chupco v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
  5. State Ex Rel. Miller v. HuserSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. United States v. HellardSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. United States v. WatasheCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941
  3. Park Addition Co. v. BryanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
  4. United States v. HellardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1943
  5. Miller v. AndrewsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935

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