Munnah v. Gates
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Seminole County: J. AY. Bolen, Judge. Action in ejectment by Munnah, Seminole Roll No. 1066, against E. S. Gates. Verdict and judgment for defendant, motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial overruled, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
This is an action in ejectment filed in the district court of Seminole county, on March 24, 1914, by the plaintiff in error, Munnah, against the defendant in error, E. S. Gates. By her petition the plaintiff in error seeks to recover from the defendant in error her individual allotment of 120 acres of land situate in Seminole county, together with damages for its detention.
In addition to the usual allegations in such petition, it is stated by the plaintiff that she is a Creek Indian of full blood, but that by reason of long residence in the Seminole Nation she was adopted by that tribe, and…
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