Lowery v. Richards

Opinion by

RUTH, O.

The plaintiff, a duly enrolled Choctaw Indian of one-sixteenth blood, had allotted to him certain lands in Carter county, Okla. In 1912, plaintiff being a minor, the land was sold by his guardian under an order of. the county court. The land was appraised at a value of $1,-860, and sold for $1,674, or 90 per cent, of the appraised vailue, the lands being bid off by L. E. Eddy at this price. The sale was confirmed in Eddy, who never paid the purchase price or any part thereof; nevertheless the guardian executed a deed to Eddy dated February 14, 1912. The order of the court…