Allen v. Smith

Jesse Brown, a full-blood Chickasaw Indian, received an allotment of land in Pontotoc county. By his wife, Lucy Brown, he had seven children, born 'between 1856 and 1882. The plaintiff acquired title to the land involved herein by obtaining deeds thereto from the surviving heirs at law of said Jesse Brown, who had died intestate, and whose estate had not been probated.

The plaintiff discovered upon the records of the county clerk’s office a certain contract entered into between Ella Allen and D. D. Brunson, whereunder Ella Allen employed the said Brunson, an attorney, to recover for her a…