Legal Opinion

Jefferson v. Gallagher

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided July 20, 1915No. 4988PublishedCited by 38 opinions

Error from District Court, Ch'ady County; Frank M. Bailey, Judge. Action by Layson Jefferson, a minor, suing by and through W. C. Allen, his guardian, against J. H. Gallagher and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

ROBBERTS, C.

This case was commenced in the district court of Grady county, in the month of December, 1911, by the plaintiff in error, against the defendants in error, to cancel and set aside two judgments, and certain conveyances, and to quiet title to certain lands, formerly Indian allotments of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, the allottee being a full-blood Choctaw.

The plaintiff in his petition, after the customary allegations as to residence and jurisdictional matters, alleges: That he is the owner of certain lands involved in this action and fully described in said petition;…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Mastin v. GraySupreme Court of Kansas · 1878
  2. Scott v. BrakelSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
  3. Bankers Life Insurance v. RobbinsNebraska Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Bolling v. CampbellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  5. Brown v. WoodySupreme Court of Missouri · 1877

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Roth v. Union Nat. Bank of BartlesvilleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  2. La Bellman v. Gleason & Sanders, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1966
  3. Title Guaranty & Surety Co. v. FosterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
  4. Kelleam v. Maryland Casualty Co. of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
  5. Standard Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Anthony Wholesale Grocery Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916

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