Jones v. Whitlow
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, McIntosh County; R. W. Higgins, Judge. Action for injunction by Ella Jones against C. S. Whitlow, as County Treasurer of McIntosh County. Prom a judgment for defendant, sustaining a demurrer to the pe- tition, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtOwen, J.
Ella Jones, a -fulLblood Creek Indian, brought this action, in the district court of McIntosh county, to ejnjoin the county treasurer from collecting taxes on-certain described lanfcls in that county. In her petition shei alleges that she is a fulL-blood Creek Indian, and as such received an allotment of lands "of the Creek Nation; that this land had been leased for oil purposes frotm which certain royalties had been paid to the Secretary of the Interior for her use and benefit; that a portion of this money had been invested for her under the direction of the Secretary in lands theretofore…
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