Hill v. Burnett
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Wlashington County; R. I-I. Hudson, Judge. Action by Alfred Dodge Hill, a minor, by Erank L. Hill, his guardian, against William James .Burnett, a minor, by Bates B. Burnett, his guardian. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
COLLIER, C.
This action was brought by plaintiff in error against defendant- in error, and involves the correctness of a decision by the Department of the Interior relative to a contest of an allotment of land in the Cherokee Indian Nation, and the award of a patent to the land in controversy. Hereinafter the parties will be designated as they appeared in the trial court.
We are first met with a motion to dismiss this appeal, upon the ground:
“That the case-made was settled! and signed prior to the expiration of the time fixed for suggesting amendments, and that the defendants had not…
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