Allen v. Trimmer, County Treasurer
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Garvin County; R. McMillan, Judge. . . Action by Stephen W. Allen and others against J. F. Trimmer, Treasurer of Garvin County. Judgment for defendant and plaintiffs bring'error.
1Opinion of the CourtBleakmore, J.
Plaintiffs in error, plaintiffs below, began this action in the trial court to restrain the collection of taxes for the years 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1912 upon lands allotted to them from the public domain of the Chickasaw Nation as Chickasaw freedmen, claiming that said lands were exempt from taxation •by virtue of the provisions of laws under which said allotments were made. To review the judgment of the trial court sustaining a demurrer to their petition, this proceeding in error is prosecuted.
These plaintiffs are the former slaves of the Chiekasaws and their descendants. All their rights to…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Choate v. TrappSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Minot v. Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Keller v. AshfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Wisconsin & Michigan Railway Co. v. PowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Hendrick v. LindsaySupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Blue v. Board of Com'rs of Garvin Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
- Schock, Okmulgee County Treasurer v. SweetSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Farris v. Union Cent. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919