Wiggs v. Flatt

The beginning of the ease was March 26, 1928. Its object was to recover possession of 20 acres of land in section 36, township 5 north, range 4 east, in Pontotoc county. Its occasion was an oil apparition. Lucy Ann Wesley, a Choctaw of one-half blood, received the land as part of her allotment, according to the pleadings, but it appears to be admitted that she died before the land was allotted. The patent covering the land in question is elated September 12, 1906, with notation that the certificate was dated December 20, 1904, and it was surplus land. According to the findings of the referee,…