Winebrenner v. Forney
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA. The appellee holds the government patent to the southwest quarter of section 19, township 26 north, range .1 east, of the Indian meridian in Kay County, Oklahoma Territory. The appellant claimed an equitable right to the land and brought this suit to have the defendant declared a trustee of the title for his benefit.
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA. The appellee holds the government patent to the southwest quarter of section 19, township 26 north, range .1 east, of the Indian meridian in Kay County, Oklahoma Territory. The appellant claimed an equitable right to the land and brought this suit to have the defendant declared a trustee of the title for his benefit. A demurrer to a second amended petition was sustained by the trial court and a decree entered dismissing the suit. This decree was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the Territory; 11 Oklahoma, '565, and from that decision…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The President’s proclamation, after reciting that the Cherokee Nation of Indians had “ ceded, conveyed, transferred, relinquished and surrendered all its title, claim and interest of every kind and character in and to that part of the Indian Territory bounded on the west by the one hundredth degree (100°) of west longitude; on the north by the State,of Kansas; on the east by the ninety-sixth degree (96°) of west longitude; and on the south by the Creek Nation, the Territory of Oklahoma and the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation created or defined by executive order dated August tenth, eighteen…
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