Bilby v. Gilliland
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Hughes County; John Caruthers, Judge. Action by John W. Gilliland against Nicholas V. Bilby and others to quiet title. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
HARRISON, C.
This was an action by John "W. Gilliland against Nicholas V. Bilby, John S. Bilby, and Indian Land & Trust Company to quiet title to the S. W. % of section 5, township 6 north, range 9 east. The land in question had fallen to the heirs of a deceased member of the Creek Tribe of Indians whose name had been placed upon the rolls as a full-blood but who had died before receiving his allotments.
The plaintiff alleged that he was the legal and equitable owner of the land in question, but did not disclose his' chain of* title, but did allege that defendant Nicholas Y. Bilby…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Mullen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Rentie v. McCoySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Hancock v. Mutual Trust Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- Reed v. WeltyDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1912
- Deming Inv. Co. v. Bruner Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
3Cited by9 opinions
- Moffett v. ConleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- Oates v. FreemanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- Gilliland v. BilbySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- Pleasant v. Allen Bros.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
- Gillum v. AnglinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
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