Legal Opinion

Yamie v. Edwards

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided June 16, 1931No. 20067Published

1Opinion of the Court

HEFNER, J'.

This is an action by Willie Yamie and others against I. N. Edwards, and others, to recover possession of and quiet title to ICO acres of land located in Seminole county. The land involved is the allotment of Josiah Canard, a Seminole Indian, who was deceased at the time of the allotment. Both plaintiffs and defendants claim title to the land as his heirs. The case was tried to the court on an agreed statement of facts, and resulted in a judgment in favor of defendants.

It is agreed that Jcsiah Canard, the allot-tee, died on May 13, 1901; that he left surviving him his widow, Betsy…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ross v. WertzSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
  2. Gidney v. ChappelSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  3. Sullivan v. BurnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  4. Reed v. NarcomeySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1928

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