Rider v. Helms
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Sequoyah County; John H. Pitchford, Judge. Action by Jack Rider and others against Lee Helms and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
WATTS, C.
This action was begun in the district court of Sequoyah county, January 23, 1914, by Jack Rider for himself, and as next friend of his minor children and others. There are some 400 named as plaintiffs. The defendants are the county officers of Sequoyah county, viz., Lee Helms, treasurer, J. C. Woll, assessor, J. V. Blackard, clerk, and John E. Johnson, sheriff, who will be designated as they first appeared. Plaintiffs are residents óf Sequoyah county, members of the Cherokee Tribe of Indians, less than full bloods, allottees, patentees, and owners of certain tracts of land…
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