McCosar v. Chapman
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Hughes County; John Caruthers, Judge. Action by Bunnie McCosar and others against James A. Chapman. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
GALBRAITH, C.
This action involves two allotments of Indian lands, selected in behalf of the heirs of Eliza Mc-Cosar and Ida McCosar, each of whom died unmarried and intestate and without issue, and both survived by their father. Bunnie McCosar. and a sister and brother, all of whom joined as plaintiffs in the court, below, in an action to recover the land and to cancel deeds which they executed therefor. It is charged in the petition:
That the plaintiffs were full-blood Creek Indians, and that Ida McCosar and Eliza McCosar were also full-blood members of that tribe, and that the…
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