Mitchell v. Bell
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Rogers County; John H. Pitchford, Judge. Bill by Bruce Mitchell against Mark R. Bell. From an order of dismissal, plaintiff brings error;
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
This was a suit in equity, praying that a decree be entered that any title the defendant may have in and to certain lands may belong to the plaintiff. It seems that the parties, who are citizens of the Cherokee Nation, each claimed the right to take said lands in allotment, and the Secretary of the Interior on appeal, after a trial before the town-site commissioners of the Cherokee Nation, decided the contentions of the parties in favor of the defendant below, defendant in error here. When this case was called for trial, counsel for defendant moved the court below for judgment, “for the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ross v. StewartSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
3Cited by6 opinions
- Chamberlain v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- Bowen v. CarterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Smiley v. ScottSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- Bozarth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- McPherson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1917
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