Haymes v. McDermott

This was an action by Jesse McDermott to recover an undivided one-half interest in a certain tract of land and to have the land partitioned and to adjudicate the heirship of Willie Thompson, deceased . allottee.

Plaintiff was a full-blood Creek Indian, and the action is based on the Act of Congress of June 14, 1918, for the partition of land. He claimed that he was one of the heirs of th'e original allottee and owned a one-half interest in said land, and was therefore entitled to have the same partitioned.

The defendants d'enied that plaintiff was an heir of the original allottee, and the…