John v. Paullin
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP OKLAHOMA. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court under § 237 of the Judicial Code to review a judgment of the appellate court of a State dismissing an appeal from an inferior court, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
Our jurisdiction in this case is challenged by a motion to dismiss. The case was begun in the United States Court for the Central District of the Indian Territory, and was pending in that court, when the Teiritory of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory were admitted into the Union as the State of Oklahoma. Under the combined operation of the Oklahoma Enabling Act (June 16,1906, 34 Stat. 267, c. 3335; March 4, 1907, Id. 1286, c. 2911) and the state constitution (see Benner v. Porter, 9 How. 235, 246) the case was then transferred to the district court of Bryan County, where a trial resulted in a…
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