Daniel v. Tolon
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Creek County; Wade S. Stanfield, .Judge. Action by Eliza Daniel against Clinton Tolon and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSharp, J.
On the application of Clinton Tolón, the county court of Okmulgee county, on October 15, 1910, appointed said Tolon guardian of the persons and estates of his stepchildren, Eliza West, Kizzie West, and George West, minors. Said minors were at the time of Tolon's appointment, according to the recitals of his petition, aged, respectively, 15, 13, and 10 years, and were freedmen citizens of the Creek Nation, each possessed of an allotment of land. Eliza, whose estate alone is involved in the present action, according to the evidence, arrived at the age of 18 years on or about the 20th day of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Wood v. CarpenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Cooper v. FlesnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- Garvin's Adm'r v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
- Creek Land & Improvement Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
- Burton v. ComptonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
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