Cook v. James

Opinion by

JONES, C.

This appeal is from a judgment of the district court of McIntosh county, and the only question involved is that of the right of a noncitizen heir to inherit lands from an Indian citizen. The controversy is between Jane Tiger, widow of John Tiger, deceased, and other heirs by blood of John Tiger, a duly enrolled citizen of the Creek Nation or Tribe of Indians, who died in 1924, intestate, without father, mother, brother, sister, or issue, surviving.

Upon the hearing of the case, the trial court, following the law as announced in the case of In re Estate of Robert Pigeon,…