Jordan v. Goldman
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
In the District Court of Logan County, Oklahoma Territory, sitting with the powers and jurisdiction of the Eistrict and Circuit Courts of the United States.
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In the District Court of Logan County, Oklahoma Territory, sitting with the powers and jurisdiction of the Eistrict and Circuit Courts of the United States. On March 2, 1891, complainants, claiming to be Cherokee citizens, and as such entitled to farm lands and operate a stone quarry on the Cherokee Outlet, filed their bill for an injunction against the defendant, who as an army officer was, under the proclamation of the president, dated February 17, 1890, and certain orders of the war department, ejecting cattle and persons from the Cherokee Outlet, and was about to eject therefrom…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was delivered by
GREEN, C. J.:
This is a bill in chancery, on the Federal side of the court, for an injunction against the defendant to restrain him from doing certain acts against the persons and property of the complainants, alleged to be in violation of the rights of complainants as citizens of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, and Cherokees by blood, and, therefore, unlawful, and for the doing of which, complainants have no adequate remedy at law.
The bill alleges that complainants are citizens of the Cherokee nation, and Cherokee Indians by blood. That, in 1883, they…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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