In Re Thompson's Estate v. Thompson

This action originated in the county court of Osage county, wherein Floyd Thompson, by his guardian, sought determination of the heirs of Mary Wheeler Thompson, a deceased full-blood Osage Indian.

The defendant in error, Floyd Thompson, and plaintiff in error, Pierce St. John, Jr., a minor, are the real parties in interest and will be referred to herein as plaintiff and defendant, respectively.

Deceased was a resident of Osage county at the time of her death in the early part of the year 1935, and the county court of that county, upon petition duly filed, assumed jurisdiction of thé settlement…