Sharp v. Lancaster
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the United States Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory; William B. Lawrence, Judge. Action by O. M. Lancaster against J. R. Sharp and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and certain defendants bring error.
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Error from the United States Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory; William B. Lawrence, Judge. Action by O. M. Lancaster against J. R. Sharp and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and certain defendants bring error. On January 25,. 1907, O. M, Lancaster, defendant in error, plaintiff below, brought suit in ejectment in the United States Court -for the Indian Territory, Western District, at Tulsa, against J. R. Sharp and J. W. Sloan, plaintiffs in error, defendants below, and - Gaylord, the United States Loan & Trust Company, A. M. McKeever, Ered L. Sawyer, -and Roy S.…
1Opinion of the Court
TüRNER, J.
(after stating the facts as above). It is contended, in effect, by plaintiffs in error that the court erred in sustaining the demurrer to their answer, because they say that prior to the execution and delivery by Zeke Moore to the United States Loan & Trust Company of the lease under which they claim, all restrictions upon the alienation of his lands, imposed by the act of Congress approved March 1, 1901 (Act March 1, 1901, c. 675, § 10, 31 Stat. 850), which reads, “Lands allotted to citizens hereunder shall not in any manner whatsoever or at any time be incumbered, taken or sold to…
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