Mikel v. Hubbard

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Plaintiff Doris Mikel alleged defendant Hubbard Marine wrongfully occupied her land on the east side of the Poteau River. The jury returned a defendant’s verdict, and a judgment was accordingly entered. We affirm the judgment.

The interesting facts of this case are as follows. In 1820, 1825, and 1830, Congress ratified the Treaty of Doak’s Stand, the Treaty of Washington, D. C., and the Treaty at Dancing Rabbit Creek with the Choctaw Indian Nation. These treaties placed title to land that was west of the western boundary of Arkansas in the Choctaw Indian Nation. At…