Legal Opinion

Meagher v. Harjo

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided April 1, 1919No. 8631PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error from District Court, Okfuskee County; Geo. C. Crump, Judge. Action by Buddie Harjo, a minor, and others, against Thomas F. Meagher. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.

This controversy grew out of the following state of facts:

Ben Hawkins, whose Indian name was Yarkhina Harjo, was enrolled as a full-blood Creek Indian, who died in 1900, and his allotment, comprising the northwest quarter off section thirty-four (34) township twelve (12) north of range eleven east, was selected after his death. He had been married ‘five times, and left three sets of children, to wit: Jeannetta Harjo and Turner Hawkins, children of the- first wife; Mac Hawkins, a son of the second wife; and Lizzie Phillips, nee Hawkins, and Willie Hawkins, children of the last wife, who…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Kalyton v. KalytonOregon Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Cyr v. WalkerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
  3. Oklahoma Land Co. v. ThomasSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  4. Conner v. WarnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  5. Brown v. SteeleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1880

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Brokeshoulder v. BrokeshoulderSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
  2. City of Tulsa v. GrierSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
  3. In Re Estate of McDadeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  4. Evans v. IrbySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
  5. Dustin Grocery & Feed Co. v. LucasSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923

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