Nelson v. John
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Huston, J., entered October 21, 1905, in favor of the defendant, upon sustaining a demurrer to the plaintiff’s complaint, in an action for the specific performance of a contract by an Indian to convey land.
1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.
Plaintiff is now, and. for a long time has been, a citizen, of the United States and of the state of Washington, and a resident of the city of Tacoma in said stata John Salerhand and . Chekudakai Salerhand, his wife, whose estates are parties defendant herein, were Indians of the Puyallup tribe, being ini life on the 30th day of January, 1886, and until after the Ith day of March, 1892. John Salerhand died intestate in the fall of 1893 or 1894, leaving *484surviving him his wife, Chekudakai Salerhand, and a son, Peter John (Salerhand). Chekudakai Salerhand died intestate January 19, 1900. In 1854…
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