Cook v. Speak

Opinion by

THREADGILL, C.

The plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, who was a Choctaw Indian, less than one-half by blood, brought suit in the district court of Carter county, April 28, 1919, against the defendants in error, defendants below, to recover her surplus allotment which had been sold by Marie J. Aday, her guardian, through the county court of Bryan, county, during her minority. The land in controversy is described as follows: W. % of E. V¡; W. Vo and S. 'W. U of S. E. % of S. E. % of section 29, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., in Carter county.

Plaintiff claimed the right to recover on the ground…