Goins v. Merryman

This action involves the ownership and right to possession of approximately ñOO acres of lánd along the Arkansas river where it forms the houndary between Le Flore county on the south and Sequoyah county on the north. At the point in controversy, the river, in its flow generally from west to east, turned south for about a section and then east for about another section and back north, thereby making an oxbow or U bend to the south. The land to thp north of the river within the U bend was in Sequoyah county and was originally allotted to Cherokee Indians and freedmen. The river formed the…