Holt v. Murphy
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TERRITORY OP OKLAHOMA. This was a suit commenced in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma,-by appellant, praying that the appellees, the holders of the legal title to a tract of land in Oklahoma County, be decreed to hold that title in trust for her benefit.
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APPEAL PROM THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TERRITORY OP OKLAHOMA. This was a suit commenced in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma,-by appellant, praying that the appellees, the holders of the legal title to a tract of land in Oklahoma County, be decreed to hold that title in trust for her benefit. The District Court entered a decree in favor of the defendants, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the Territory, 15 Oklahoma, 12, from whose decision this appeal was taken. These facts are undisputed: On April 23, 1889, Ewers White made a homestead entry of the land. Subsequently two…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The plaintiff alleges in her petition that the land is worth $100,000. It appears that she has never been in Oklahoma; that neither she nor her husband eyer entered upon or cultivated the land, and yet she asks the court to give- her'this valuable property, taking it away from those who, at least by their presence and occupation of the tract, have assisted in building up a State having more than a million inhabitants.
Another matter is worthy of notice. According to a report of the register of the local land office to the General Land Office at Washington, on May 12, 1897, the attorney for the…
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