Barbre v. Hood
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Action by J. A. Earbre and another against E. E. Hood. Decree in favor of defendant (214 Eed. 473), and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
[1] This suit involves the title to 20 acres of land in Nowata county, Okl., a part of the surplus allotment to Willie Merrill as a minor freedman citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Indians. Both the appellants and the appellee claim under Merrill, the allottee; the former by a warranty deed April 23, 1910, when he was a minor between 20 and 21 years of age, and the latter by a similar deed September 3, 1910, when he was of full age. The-question presented is whether the first deed, made by the allottee during minority, is void, or merely voidable. In other words, did Act…
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