Legal Opinion
Blake v. Burnett-Hauert Lbr. Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 2, 1943No. 30139PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, V. C. J.
This is an action to cancel a written contract of sale conveying growing timber. Judgment was for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
The contract in question bore date of September 29, 1924, and was executed by one Richard Bohanon to the Choctaw Lumber Company. Bohanon was a full-blood citizen of the Choctaw Nation, and the lands covered by the contract constituted a portion of his restricted allotment as provided by the acts of Congress. By the terms of the contract Bohanon sold and delivered to said lumber company all the merchantable pine timber of whatsoever kind and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mitchell-Crittenden Tie Co. v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- Carter v. McCaslandSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1928
- Ross v. Choctaw Lbr. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
- Choctaw Lbr. Co. v. McKeeverSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
3Cited by4 opinions
- Herron v. RozelleCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
- DIERKS LBR. & COAL CO. v. FrySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1950
- State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Planning & Resources Board v. SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1957
- Herron v. RozelleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973