Carter Oil Co. v. Fleming

Opinion by

JARMAN, C.

This was an action by Christina E. Fleming, nee Bennett, a duly enrolled Choctaw Indian of one-sixteenth degree of Indian blood, to cancel two oil and gas leases upon a 50-acre tract of land located in Carter county, which was acquired by proceeds derived through a guardianship sale of her allotment. Thomas Bennett, as guardian of the plaintiff, Christina E. Bennett, a minor, sold, through the county court of Carter county, on May 15, 1916, an oil and gas lease on said 50 acres of land, and pursuant to said sale and the order of court confirming same, the guardian executed…