Legal Opinion

McLish v. White

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided February 5, 1924No. 12591PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Commissioners’ Opinion, Division No. 2. Error from District Court, Love County; B. C. Logsdon, Judge. Action by Millie McLish et al. against J. A. White. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

JARMAN, C.

This action was commenced in the district court of Love county on November 3, 1920, by the plaintiffs in error, plaintiffs below, against the defendant in error, defendant below, to recover possession of and to quiet title to certain lands, and to recover damages for the wrongful detention thereof. The petition filed by the plaintiffs alleges that Frazier McLish was a duly enrolled full-blood Choctaw Indian, and as such there was allotted and set apart to him, the land in controversy, located in Love county, constituting the surplus portion of his allotment, and that he…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Parker v. RichardSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  2. Tidal Oil Company v. FlanaganSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
  3. Sandlin v. BarkerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  4. Marcy v. Board of Commissioners of Seminole CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
  5. Brader v. JamesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. United States v. 7,405.3 Acres of LandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1938
  2. Thomas v. MorganSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
  3. Edmison v. CrutsingerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
  4. Bilby v. MaloneSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1928
  5. Williford v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924

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