Simmons v. Mullen
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Johnston County; A. T. West, Judge. 'Action by L. V. Mullen against N. H. Simmons and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtTurner, C. J.
On November 26, 1910, L. V. Mullen, defendant in error, sued N. H. Simmons, as sheriff of Johnston county, in the district court of said county. The petition substantially states that plaintiff is the owner of a certain tract of land (describing it) conveyed to him from F. A! Bonner by warranty deed October 12, 1908, auiy filed for record; that said Bonner is a citizen of the Choctaw Tribe of one-sixteenth degree of Indian blood; that said land was his allotment as a member of said tribe, which he, on said day, had the unrestricted right to sell; that defendant as sheriff aforesaid had levied…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Louisiana Ex Rel. Folsom v. Mayor and Administrators of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Garrison v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Brun v. MannCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
- Shelby v. ZieglerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Choctaw Lumber Co. v. ColemanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916