Thompson v. Coker

Opinion by

RUTH, C.

The parties to this action will be designated as they appeared in ithe trial court. The plaintiff, Charley Coker, 'brought his action against defendant, J. E. Thompson, to reform a contract, and for accounting of monies received by defendant for royalties and sale of certain lands. Plaintiff is a Creek Indian and heir of Emma Coker, deceased, and his petition alleges Emma Coker’s distributive share of the lands of the Creek Indian Tribe was the “N. W. % cf section 16, twp. 8 north, range 7 E. I. M.” That on April 15, 1915, the United States commenced its suit in behalf of…