Legal Opinion
Twist v. Prairie Oil & Gas Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 9, 1925No. Nos. 6499-6502, 6508PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTH, District Judge;
William G. Twist, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, had an allotment of land. September 30, 1904, he made an oil and gas lease thereof to the Los Angeles-Cherokee Oil Company, to run 15 years.
Three of his children, Albert T., Edward C., and Jessie L., as Cherokee citizens, also had allotments of land. Their father, William G. Twist, as their guardian, made leases of their allotments to the same company as follows: Of Albert T.’s allotment on March 22, 1905, running to September 3,1918. Albert became of age September 4, 1918. Of Jessie L.’s allotment on March 22,1905,…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Cherokee Nation v. Southern Kansas Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Whitehead v. ShattuckSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Frost v. SpitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Wehrman v. ConklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Bond v. DustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Otoe County Nat. Bank v. DelanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
- Denison v. KeckCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- Self v. Prairie Oil & Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928
- Self v. Prairie Oil & Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1927
- Noone v. SinnerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928
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