Lewis v. Sittle
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Pittsburg County; Preslie B. Cole, Judge. Action by Yancey Lewis, Allen Wright and O. W. Argo, plaintiffs in error, plaintiffs below, against Ed.
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Error from District Court, Pittsburg County; Preslie B. Cole, Judge. Action by Yancey Lewis, Allen Wright and O. W. Argo, plaintiffs in error, plaintiffs below, against Ed. D. Sittle, defendant in error, defendant below, to enjoin the defendant from seeking to enforce a judgment rendered by the United States Court for the Central District of the Indian Territory prior to statehood, under which the defendant recovered a lot from the plaintiffs, situated in South McAlester. • Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
AMES, C.
On April %%, 1898, the defendant filed suit in the United States Court for the Central District of the Indian Territory at McAlester, against the plaintiffs, to recover a lot. and the improvements thereon in the city of South McAlester, and damages for the unlawful detention thereof. On June 28, 1898, while the said proceeding was pending, an act of Congress, commonly known as the Curtis act (30 St. at.R. 495), became a law. The suit proceeded in the courts to final judgment in favor of the defendant Sittle. It is unnecessary to recite the' history of that litigation,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lamb v. DavenportSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- G. W. Walker Trading Co. v. Grady Trading Co.Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory · 1897
- Kelly v. JohnsonCourt Of Appeals Of Indian Territory · 1897
- Ellis v. FitzpatrickCourt Of Appeals Of Indian Territory · 1901
- Ellis v. FitzpatrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
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