Legal Opinion

Gentry v. McCurry

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided May 16, 1933No. 21370Published

1Opinion of the CourtBusby, J.

This is an action in ejectment and to quiet title to 40 acres of the surplus allotment of Blanche L. Gentry, nee Fronkier, a one-eighth blood Osage Indian. The mineral rights under said lands are not involved. The allottee was bom October 26, 1897. While still a minor her guardian sold the land in question through guardianship sale in the county court of Osage county. She reached 21 years of age October 26, 1918. The Secretary of the Interior of the Tfnited States granted her a competency certificate thereafter on August 9, 1919. She died September 8, 1921, when about 24 years of age. This…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Haas v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  2. United States v. MacDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 1833
  3. Central Trust Co. v. Central Trust Co. of Ill.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
  4. In re ShreveNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1917
  5. March Oil Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924

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