Legal Opinion
In Re French's Estate
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 16, 1915No. 4007PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The one question necessary to a determination of the questions presented by this appeal is: Can the surplus allotment of a Cherokee freedman be subjected to a judicial sale for a debt contracted by the allottee before the expiration of five years from the date of the ratification of the Cherokee Agreement (32 Stat. at L. 716), and after the passage of the Act of Congress of April 21, 1904 (33 Stat. at L. 189).
On or about the 20th day of September, 1907, David French died, leaving surviving him his two adult sons, Wash and Eli. These sons thereafter sold to the protestants, J. A. Wettack and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Starr v. Long JimSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- In Re Davis' EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Thraves v. GreenleesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Mullen v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Redwine v. AnsleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Sandlin v. BarkerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- Barnard v. BilbySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
- Greenwood v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1927
- In Re Estate of HibdonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- DeRoin v. DeRoinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1947
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