Eldred v. Okmulgee Loan & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the United States Court for the Western District of Indian Territory, at Muskogee. Action by the Okmulgee Loan & Trust Company against John G. Eldred and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
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Error from the United States Court for the Western District of Indian Territory, at Muskogee. Action by the Okmulgee Loan & Trust Company against John G. Eldred and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. On December 29, 1906, Okmulgee Loan & Trust Company, defendant in error, plaintiff below, sued J. G. Eldred and A. W. Leonard, plaintiffs in error, defendants below, in the United States Court for the Indian Territory, Western District, at Muskogee, to clear its title to the W. y2 N. W. % section 9, township 12 N, range 14 E., I. M., in the Creek Nation, and in its…
1Opinion of the CourtTurner, J.
(after stating the facts as above). It is contended by plaintiffs in error that the court erred in overruling their demurrer, for the reason that, prior to the making of her lease to Eldred, all restrictions upon the -alienation of the lands of Mary Jackson, imposed by the act of Congress, approved March'1, 1901 (chapter 675, § 10, 31 Stat. 850), which reads: “Lands allotted to citizens hereunder, shall not in any manner whatsoever, or at any time, be incumbered, taken or sold to secure or satisfy any debt or obligation contracted ■ or incurred prior to the date of the deed to the allottee…
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