Legal Opinion

Indian Land & Trust Co. v. Owen

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided December 26, 1916No. 8337PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Error from District Court, Muskogee Count}'; R. P. de G-raffenried, Judge. Action by Robert L. Owen against the Indian Land & Trust Company, a corporation, and others. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the CourtKane, C. J.

Hereafter, for convenience, the defendant in error, Robert L. Owen, will be referred to as the “plaintiff,” the plaintiff in error Indian Land & Trust Company, as the “Trust Company,” and John S. Bilby and N. Y. Bilby as the “Bilbys.”

The trust company was a corporation organized under the laws of Arkansas in force in the Indian Territory prior to statehood for the purpose of buying, selling, and dealing in lands and leases in the Indian Territory for profit, the plaintiff being one of its organizers and first president.

On the 23d day of December, 1912, in an action then pending in the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. BoydSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Buell v. Buckingham & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1864
  3. Fogg v. BlairSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. Toledo, St. L. & K. C. R. v. Continental Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
  5. Ziska v. ZiskaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Pettis v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
  2. Hoehn v. CrewsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
  3. Cassidy v. GouldSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
  4. Porter v. RottSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
  5. American-First National Bank v. PetersonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934

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