Legal Opinion

F. B. Collins Inv. Co. of Clinton v. Beard

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided May 11, 1915No. 3938PublishedCited by 33 opinions

Error from District Court, Gicurvin County; B. McMillan, Judge. Suit by Eric C. Beard against the P. B. Collins Investment Company, of Clinton, Okla., a corporation, and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants 'brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

BREWER, C.

This suit was brought by Eric C. Beard, the defendant in error, as plaintiff below, for the cancellation of two mortgages, and a deed conveying 280 acres of land situated in Garvin county, on the ground that when the said instruments were executed, plaintiff, a Choctaw Indian of one-quarter blood, was a minor. The lands involved are described as follows:

“The S. E. 14 of section 9, and the S. V<¿ of "the N. W. % and the S. W. 14, of section 10, all in township 3 north, range 2 east of the Indian base and meridian, containing 280 acres,” etc.

Plaintiff alleges that both mortgages were…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Heckman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Tiger v. Western Investment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
  3. United States v. Trinidad Coal & Coking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. Sims v. EverhardtSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  5. MacGreal v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1897

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Bell v. FitzpatrickSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  2. McKeever v. CarterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  3. Tidal Oil Company v. FlanaganSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
  4. Armstrong v. LettySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
  5. Allison v. CrummeySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916

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