Legal Opinion
Twist v. Prairie Oil & Gas Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1928No. Nos. 6499, 6500PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge.
William G. Twist, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, had an allotment of land upon which, September 30, 1904, he made an oil and gas lease to the Los Angeles-Cherokee Oil Company, the same to run for a period of 15 years. Three of his children, to wit, Edward C. Twist, Albert T. Twist, and Jessie L. Payne, née Twist, as Cherokee, citizens,. also had allotments. William G. Twist, as their guardian, made leases upon their allotments to the same lessee; that of Albert ran from March 22, 1905, to September 3, 1918; that of Jessie from March 22, 1905, until December…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Gaines v. FuentesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Johnson v. WatersSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Barrow v. HuntonSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Twist v. Prairie Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Arrowsmith v. GleasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Twist v. Prairie Oil & Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928