Holt v. Classen
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
.Error from the District Court of Oklahoma County; before James K. Beauchamp, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OF PACTS. The amended petition upon which this action is predicated „ sets forth- that the plaintiff is the sole surviving heir of Levi Holt, who on or about the 11th of March, 1890, filed his soldier’s declaratory statement and application to make homestead entry on the southwest quarter of section 27, township 12, range 3 W. I. M., in the proper U. S. land office in…
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.Error from the District Court of Oklahoma County; before James K. Beauchamp, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OF PACTS. The amended petition upon which this action is predicated „ sets forth- that the plaintiff is the sole surviving heir of Levi Holt, who on or about the 11th of March, 1890, filed his soldier’s declaratory statement and application to make homestead entry on the southwest quarter of section 27, township 12, range 3 W. I. M., in the proper U. S. land office in accordance with the laws of the United States and established rules of the land department. It appears from the petition and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Gillette, J.:
In considering this case, based upon the facts above stated, we shall consider the same in the light only as presented by the brief of the plaintiff in error, and in such brief the plaintiff in error states:
“There is but one question raised in this case: Did the application of Levi Holt to enter the land in controversy initiate a right to said land in favor of Levi Holt; which application was made, and received by the register and receiver of,the local land office, and the legal fees tendered on the 11th day of March, 1890, and suspended on the same day, to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McMichael v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Hodges v. ColcordSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Holt v. MurphySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1904
- McMichael v. MurphySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1902
3Cited by1 opinion
- King v. Great Northern Railway Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1911