Folk v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Suit in equity by the United States of America and another against Minnie Folk (née Atkins) and others. From an order appointing a receiver, defendants appeal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Suit in equity by the United States of America and another against Minnie Folk (née Atkins) and others. From an order appointing a receiver, defendants appeal. This is an appeal by the defendants below from the order of the District Court appointing a receiver of oil-producing land of which they were in the exclusive possession and which they were operating under these circumstances: Tilomas Atkins was listed for enrollment as a member of the Creek Tribe of Indians by the Dawes…
1Opinion of the CourtSanborn, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [6] In this case-there are many defendants, but the defendants in possession of the property and who chiefly contest the appointment of the receiver are Page and Josey, and in this opinion they will be designated as the defendants. These defendants were, and for many months *181had been, in the exclusive possession of the land which is the subject of this controversy, exploring it for oil and gas and extracting oil from it under patents and a title fair on their face and adjudged valid, so far as the defect asserted in this case is concerned, the right of…
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- United States v. Mammoth Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- United States v. Anglin & StevensonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
- Harjo v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
- Wagoner Oil & Gas Co. v. MarlowSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1929
- Page v. AtkinsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
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