Brader v. James
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Choctaw County; A. H. Ferguson, Judge. Action by Rachel James, nee Reeves, against J. H. Brader. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SHARP, J..
On October 27, 1905, Cereña Wallace, a full-blood Choctaw Indian, died, leaving as her sole surviving heir at law her daughter, Rachel James, nee Reeves, the defendant in error. Thereafter, and on the 17th day of August, 1967, said defendant in error, a full-blood Choctaw, joined by her husband, Davis James, attempted to convey by warranty deed a part of the lands inherited by her from her deceased mother, the lands sold constituting the homestead allotment of 160 acres and 40 acres of the surplus allotment. On the 13th day of September, 1909, the purchaser, Tillie Bra-der, for the…
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