Linam v. Beck
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Delaware County; John H. Pitchford, Judge. Action by Weatherford Beck against T. W. Linam and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defehdants bring error. This is an action' to remove cloud from title to and recover possession of certain lands described in the petition in this cause, brought by defendant in error against plaintiffs in error.
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Error from District Court, Delaware County; John H. Pitchford, Judge. Action by Weatherford Beck against T. W. Linam and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defehdants bring error. This is an action' to remove cloud from title to and recover possession of certain lands described in the petition in this cause, brought by defendant in error against plaintiffs in error. For convenience, the parties will hereafter be referred to as they appeared on the docket of the trial court. The' uncontradicted evidence shows that the lands in controversy were allotted to Albert Beck, a Cherokee Indian of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
COLLIER, C.
(after stating the facts as above). The. vital question involved in this case is the age of the grantor at the time he executed the deed to plaintiff conveying the lands in controversy. The evidence shows that the deed was executed by said allottee subsequent to the passage of Act Cong. May 27, 1908, c. 199, 35 Stat. 312. The enrollment records of the Five Civilized Tribes, which are conclusive as to the age of' said allottee, were introduced in evidence, and show that said allottee was enrolled September 20, 1900, at which time he was ten years of age. Cornelius v.…
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