Yates v. Jones

Opinion by

DICKSON, C.

This is a suit in ejectment and for damages commenced in the superior court of Creek county on the 11th day of February, 1919, by J. A. Jones, plaintiff, against I. R. Yates, H. Nash, and Frank Hamilton, defendants, and involves conflicting leases on the restricted surplus allotment of James Tiger, a full-blood Creek Indian.

We will refer to the parties in this opinion as they were designated in the trial court. The plaintiff’s petition is based upon an agricultural lease executed by James Tiger on June 6, 1918, to. Purdy and Combs and to commence January 1, 1919, and to…