Legal Opinion
Noble v. Oklahoma City
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 2, 1936No. Nos. 335, 336PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Roberts
These were actions in ejectment tried in a state court. The petitioners in No. 335 sued as the heirs of Naoma Noble, the petitioners in No. 336 as the heirs of Robert W. Higgins. Title to a town lot and a portion of another parcel of land located in the respondent city was in dispute!
The tracts formerly were part of the tribal lands of the Creek Indians. Pursuant to treaties the Creeks removed from east of the Mississippi River to a large area in Indian Territory, now in the State of Oklahoma, 1 and a patent was issued by the President of the United States, granting them the lands “to have…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. TownsendSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Railroad Co. v. BaldwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- United States v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Rio Grande Western Railway Co. v. StringhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Jamestown & Northern Railroad v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Haggar Co. v. Helvering, Com'r of Internal RevenueSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- MacDonald v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1941
- Beres v. StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2005
- Higgins v. Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
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