Porter v. Jones

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

Jackson Barnett, a restricted Creek Indian, died leaving a large estate. Conflicting claims to the estate were asserted under the law of descent and distribution. The claims were adjudicated in a judgment entered in a proceeding in the United States Court for Eastern Oklahoma, and the judgment was affirmed. Scott v. Beams, 10 Cir., 122 F.2d 777, certiorari denied, Brady v. Beams, 315 U.S. 809, 62 S.Ct. 794, 86 L.Ed. 1208. A proceeding in the nature of a bill of review was subsequently instituted to vacate the judgment adjudicating the claims. Judgment was *88entered…