Legal Opinion
Barnett v. Barnett
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 27, 1920No. 9719PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Error from District Court, Okmulgee County; Mark L. Bozarth, • Judge. Action by Ellen Barnett against John Barnett and others in ejectment. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
The plaintiff in error, Ellen Barnett, sued the defendants in error in the district court of Okmulgee county in ejectment, the land involved being the allotment of Tom Barnett, a three-fourths-blood citizen of the Creek Nation, enrolled on the Creek roll opposite No. 4502, and alleged that said allottee died intestate in March, 1909, leaving her as one of his heirs, a daughter.
The trial was had to the court, and at the conclusion thereof the court made the following findings:
“The court finds that the proof fails to establish custom marriage under the Creek law or a common-law marriage, and…
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