Legal Opinion

Wood v. French

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided November 18, 1913No. 2857PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Error from District Court, Sequoyah County; John H. Pitchford, Judge. Action by Thomas F. French against Tim Wood and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

THACKER, C.

Plaintiff in error will be designated as “defendant” and defendant in error as “plaintiff,” in accord with their respective titles in the trial court.

Plaintiff, a three-eighth blood Cherokee Indian, residing and engaged in business in Eos Angeles, Cal., owned in Sequoyah county, Okla., 80 acres of inherited allotted land worth $3,200, which he wanted to sell when, in May, 1909, at Chouteau, Okla., while en route to Muskogee, Okla., he met one John Culver, who claimed to have known him at the Male Seminary the plaintiff had attended at Tahlequah, but, although believed,…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Steffian v. Milmo National BankTexas Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Taft v. TaftMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Weber v. ChristenIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  4. Eyerts v. AgnesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1856
  5. Flesher v. CallahanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Allison v. CrummeySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  2. Myers v. EllisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  3. Shuffeldt v. JefcoatSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  4. Republic Nat. Bank of St. Louis v. First State Bank of OiltonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
  5. Schuman's, Inc. v. Missy Dress Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935

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