Berry v. Winstock

This action, No. 5279 in the district court of Carter county, was begun by the heirs to the allotment of a deceased Mississippi Choctaw Indian, to set aside a guardian’s deed made, under an order of the county court of Carter county, by the guardian of said heirs, plaintiffs in error herein, .while they were minors. The right of action is based upon the allegation that the guardianship proceedings were void on their face. The specific phase of such proceedings which is here relied upon as making same void on their face is that the land was sold for less than 90 per cent, of its appraised…