Truskett v. Closser
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.' Suit in equity by Fred D. Closser against A. A. Truskett and W. O. Truskett. Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLARD, District Judge.
Robert F. Goodman, a Cherokee Indian of one-eighth Indian blood, became 21 years of age on September 25, 1910. Nearly one year before that,, and on October 12, 1909, the district court of Washington county, Okl., entered a judgment which purported to remove his disabilities as a minor, and eight days thereafter, on October 20, 1909, he leased to Overfield, the assignor of the appellants, A. A. and W. O. Truskett, who were the defendants below, the land in question, which was patented to him on March 31, 1909, as a portion of his allotment selection in the lands of the…
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