Midland Oil Co. v. Turner
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United' States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Suit in equity by Susan Turner, by J. T. Parks, her guardian and next friend, against the Midland Oil Company, T. N. Barnsdall, and William J. Seep. Decree for complainant (167 Fed. 646), and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
This was a suit by Susan Turner, a minor-, by her guardian, to enjoin William J. Seep, T. N. Barnsdall, and the Midland Oil Company from trespassing on her lands in Oklahoma, and for other relief. There was a decree for complainant, and defendants appealed.
The complainant, as a member of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, .received an allotment from the tribal lands.- Her guardian, acting under the orders of a court of probate in what was then Indian Territory, executed, upon payment of a bonus, an oil and gas lease to the Midland Oil Company. By its terms the lease was not…
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