Legal Opinion
Tate v. Bristow
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 16, 1935No. 24825PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
In this case R. S. Bris-tow, plaintiff in the court below, began suit on December 20, 1931, against H. C. Tate and National Surety Company, defendants in the court below, seeking to recover certain rentals alleged to be due by reason of an oil and gas lease upon certain land belonging to Morris Sam, a full-blood Choctaw citizen, said land having been duly allotted to him by reason of his Indian citizenship.
On November 3, 1919, Morris Sam, being a restricted Indian, made the lease above set out, for a term of ten years from date of approval by the Secretary of the Interior, through the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Watashe v. TigerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
- Crosbie v. BrewerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- Jennings v. WoodCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
- Midland Oil Co. v. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
- Anchor Oil Co. v. GrayCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1919
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3Cited by3 opinions
- American Surety Co. of New York v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
- Whale v. RiceSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Buck v. J. M. McEntee & SonsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954