Deere v. Gilmore

This is an action brought in the district court of Hughes county by Bessie Deere against Sarah A. Gilmore and others, to recover possession of and quiet title to a certain tract of land situated in that county. Trial court sustained a demurrer to plaintiff's petition, and entered judgment dismissing her cause of action. Plaintiff has assigned this ruling as error.

She is a full-blood Creek Indian and claims title to the land as the sole heir at law of her mother, Katie Deere, deceased. The land in question originally constituted the allotment of Katie Deere, who was also a full-blood Creek…