Legal Opinion

Bell v. Fitzpatrick

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided February 29, 1916No. 4776PublishedCited by 42 opinions

Error from District Court, Nowata County; T. L. Brown, Judge. Action by. Lillie E. Fitzpatrick against John A. Bell. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtHardy, J.

Defendant in error, as plaintiff in the court below, brought this action in the district court of Nowata county to cancel a certain deed, executed by her to defendant, conveying her allotted lands, and to have declared null and void a decree of the district court of Nowata county, conferring rights of majority upon her, and to have canceled and set aside certain stipulations and orders of dismissal entered thereon in two certain suits theretofore brought by her in her own name and in her behalf by 'a guardian. Plaintiff is a Cherokee Indian of less than half blood.

Defendant answered, alleging…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Heckman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Carpenter v. StrangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Bowling & Miami Investment Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  4. Jefferson v. WinklerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  5. United States v. Trinidad Coal & Coking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Poafpybitty v. Skelly Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Roth v. Union Nat. Bank of BartlesvilleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  3. Tidal Oil Company v. FlanaganSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
  4. Armstrong v. LettySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
  5. Vinson v. GrahamCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930

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