Birdwell v. Estes

Bessie Birdwell et al., children of Meloche Cully Wood, deceased, a full-biood Seminole Indian, brought an action against J. G. Estes et al., present owners of the land involved, and Billie Wood, their father, and others, to quiet title to certain land. They appeal from a judgment adverse to them.

The theory of plaintiffs is this: Their maternal grandmother died, leaving a tract of land to their mother; that their mother and father, whom they describe as a negro, sold this inherited land for $1,200; that thereafter the land in question was purchased, the deed being taken in their father’s…