Hutchison v. Brown
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Okfuskee County; -Geo. C. Crump, Judge. ■Suit for ejectment and to' quiet title by George Brown against R. G. Davenport, J. R. Morton, and Frank P. Hutchison, in which defendant Davenport filed a disclaimer, and defendant Hutchison filed an answer and cross-petition. Judgment for plaintiff establishing the 'disclaimer, finding defendant Morton in default, and against defendant Hutchison, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
JOHNSON, C.
This action involves 90 acres of the allotment of David Drew, a freedman cit/ízen of the Creek Nation of Indians. Forty acres of the land was the homestead allotment, and the other 20 acres was a part of the surplus allotment. The enrollment records in the office of the commission to the Five Civili/zed Tribes showed that the allottee was enrolled in August, 1898, as being seven years of age at the time of enrollment, without disclosing tlie exact birthday. The two tracts of land were assessed for taxes for the year 1909, by the assessing, officers of Okfuskee county,…
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