Aladdin Petroleum Corp. v. State ex rel. Commissioners of the Land Office

Plaintiffs in error are the owners and lessees of land located in township 23 north, range 3 east I.M., Pawnee county, Oklahoma, particularly' described as lots 6 and 7, sec. 23, and lot 8 S.W. 1-4 sec. 24 within the township and range. Plaintiffs’ lands, bordering on the south bank of the Arkansas river, formed a part of the public domain acquired as result of the Louisiana Purchase.

In 1828 the lands, by the Federal government, were conveyed to the Cherokee Nation and for more than 30 years the Cherokee Nation exercised over the entire area a complete sovereignty. In 1866 the Cherokee Nation…