Bradburn v. Nolen

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

Nancy Bradburn, by Sukey Jenkins, her daughter and next friend, brought this action against Nolen to cancel a deed dated December 15, 1941, running from Nancy to Nolen and purporting to convey a tract of land situated in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. Notice was served upon the Superintendent for the Five Civilized Tribes, and the United States filed a complaint in intervention in behalf of the heirs-at-law of Lessey Hawkins Chisholm. Thereafter, one of Lessey’s heirs died and his heirs were substituted as parties plaintiff.

Nancy and Lessey were sisters. Their father was…