Legal Opinion
Brinkley v. Patton Et Ux.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 1, 1944No. 31267PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavison, J.
This is an action to establish the existence of a trust in connection with an 80-acre farm in Muskogee county. The plaintiff (plaintiff in error herein), Neeley Brinkley, is an illiterate negro, 77 years old. He is an enrolled freedman member of the Creek Tribe of Indians. The defendant Henry Patton is 13 years his junior. Alice Patton, codefendant, is the second wife of Henry Patton. They were married in March of 1940. Mary Patton, the first wife of Henry Patton (to whom he was married in 1901), died in 1938.
Henry Patton moved to Oklahoma in 1902. Except for a short time in the early years…
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