Shultz v. Jones

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BurfORD, J.:

The defendant in error, Alexander Jones, filed his petition in the district court of Logan county, in -which he alleged that he was a resident of Logan county, and Territory of Oklahoma, and a citizen of the United States, and that he did not enter the Territory of Oklahoma and the lands opened to settlement by the act of congress of March 22, 1889, and the president’s proclamation thereunder, prior to 12 o’clock noon, on the 22d day of April, 1889. That he was qualified and entitled to settle upon, occupy and acquire title to lots in the…