Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Hill

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided June 22, 1915No. 4711Published

Error from District Court, Noioata County; T. L. Brown, Judge. Action by Mary Davis Hill, by Davis Hill, her father and natural guardian and next friend, against Thomas L. Thompson, administrator of the estate of Thomas R. Thompson, deceased. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

ROBBERTS, G.

From the district court of Nowata county. Action to declare a resulting trust.

On the 28th day of May, 1907, Thomas L. Thompson, plaintiff in error, as administrator of the estate of Thomas R. Thompson, deceased, made application to select and cause to be allotted to him the land in controversy herein, at the Cherokee land office, as an Indian allotment. On the 4th day of January, .1908, the defendant in error, Davis Hill, as the father and natural guardian of Mary Davis Hill, made application, at the same office, to select and have set aside said land as an allotment for…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Johnson v. TowsleySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  2. Gritts v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. James v. Germania Iron Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
  4. United States v. Winona & St. P. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1895
  5. Brooks v. GarnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908

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