Fraer v. Washington

THAYER, Circuit Judge.

This case originated in the Indian Territory, and comes to this court on a writ of error from the Court of Appeals of that territory. The record discloses that J. C. Washington, the defendant in error, is a member of the Chickasaw tribe of Indians, and a resident of the Indian Territory, and that on January i, 1898, he leased to James Fraer, the plaintiff in error, who is not a member of any tribe of Indians, a lot of land 25 feet in width by 140 feet in depth, which fronted on Main street, in the town of Marietta, within the Indian Territory. By the terms of said lease…