Jackson v. Porter
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District t lourt, Okmulgee County; Mark L. Bozarth, Judge. Petition by Earler Jackson filed in the probate cause In re Guardianship of Earler Jackson in the County Court of Okmul-gee County praying for an order of the court vacating and setting aside the decree of sale, order of confirmation, and guardian’s deed under which M. E. Porter, as guardian, sold certain lands belonging to the estate of the petitioner to A. D. Watson.
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Error from District t lourt, Okmulgee County; Mark L. Bozarth, Judge. Petition by Earler Jackson filed in the probate cause In re Guardianship of Earler Jackson in the County Court of Okmul-gee County praying for an order of the court vacating and setting aside the decree of sale, order of confirmation, and guardian’s deed under which M. E. Porter, as guardian, sold certain lands belonging to the estate of the petitioner to A. D. Watson. Porter and Watson filed motion to dismiss the petition, which was by the county court sustained, and said proceeding was appealed to the district court, and…
1Opinion of the CourtKennamer, J.
Earler Jackson, plaintiff in error, commenced this proceeding in the -county court of Okmulgee county against M. E. Porter and A. L. Watson by filing her petition attacking the validity of a guardianship salo made by M. E. Porter, as the legal guardian of the petitioner, wherein the said M. E. Porter, as guardian, conveyed 80 acres of the allotment of the petitioner, who was a Creek freedwoman citizen, enrolled as such opposite roll No. 5218 upon the approved rolls of the members of the Creek Tribe of Indians.
The guardianship deed was executed pursuant to the order of the probate court…
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