Legal Opinion
Jack v. Hood
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1930No. 155PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDERMOTT, Circuit Judge.
In 1926 the plaintiff brought this action to repossess himself of 120 acres of surplus land which had been allotted to him, and which he had conveyed in 1910, and upon which oil had been recently discovered. The defendant Hood deraigns his title through plaintiff, and the other defendants through Hood; defendants have been in possession for many years.
Plaintiff’s petition alleges that he is a full-blood restricted Creek Indian; that he is erroneously enrolled as of W32 Indian blood. By the Act of May 27, 1908 (35 Stat. 312), the plaintiff, so enrolled, was…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Foltz v. St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
- Gordon v. Ware Nat. BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
- Miller v. Belvy Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1917
- Fulsom v. Quaker Oil & Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
- Cully v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Vinson v. GrahamCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
- Superior Oil Corp. v. MatlockCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
- McWilliams v. BlackardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1938
- First Nat. Bank v. BonnerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934