Harnage v. Martin
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Washington County; R. H. Hudson, Judge. Action by Jesse L. Harnage and the Delokee Gas & Oil Company against Annie M. Martin and the Roth-Argue-Maire Bros.- Oil Company. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring, error.
1Opinion of the CourtHayes, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Washington county, sustaining a demurrer to the evidence of plaintiffs in error, plaintiffs below, and dismissing their petition and rendering a judgment against them in favor of defendants in error, defendants below.
Plaintiff Harnage and defendant Martin are duly enrolled members of the Cherokee Tribe of Indians, and this suit was brought by Harnage in the court below to charge the lands in controversy with a trust in his favor for the alleged reason that in a contest case before the Department of the Interior, involving the right to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Garrett v. WalcottSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- Howe v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
- Paine v. FosterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1896
- Jordan v. SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1903
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