Decker v. Hickman

Opinion by

STEPHENSON, C.

Oliver Morris was a duly enrolled Creek freedman on the approved rolls of the Creek Nation of Indians. He received his allotment of land as a Creek freedman, which was later sold and conveyed through the county court of Bryan county in a regular guardianship proceeding. The guardian of Oliver Morris purchased 160 acres of land situated in Bryan county, from the funds received from the sale and conveyance of the minor’s allotment. The title to the 160 acres of land was taken in the name of Oliver Morris, who later became a resident of Denison, Tex., in Grayson county,…