Legal Opinion
Caywood v. January
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided May 27, 1969No. 41831PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, Justice.
This is a quiet title action in which Fannie January, the widowed oldest .daughter of Lizzie Caywood, a restricted, Tull-blood Cherokee Indian who died in 1933, sought to have her title to 100 acres of her mother’s allotted lands quieted as against her mother’s other six children, or the heirs of those who were deceased. Mrs. January claimed under a deed from her sister and five brothers and their respective spouses, executed and recorded about a month after her mother’s death, and also claimed by adverse possession “for a period in excess of thirty years”.
The deed is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Martin v. CoxSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Wolfe v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949
- Douglass v. MounceSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1956
- Longfellow v. ByrneSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
- Wirick v. NanceSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Tenneco Oil Co. v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1984
- Cherokee Nation v. OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
- Sullivan v. Buckhorn Ranch PartnershipSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2005
- The Cherokee Nation, Etc. v. The State of Oklahoma, the Choctaw Nation and the Chickasaw Nation, Intervenors-Appellants. The Cherokee Nation, Etc. v. The State of Oklahoma, the Choctaw Nation and the Chickasaw Nation, Intervenors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
- Redbird v. Oklahoma Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1997
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