Bozarth v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Tulsa County; L. M. Poe, Judge. Action by Mark L. Bozarth and another against John O. Mitchell and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
BLEAKMORE, C..
This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court of Tulsa county, sustaining a demurrer to the petition in an action seeking a decree establishing that plaintiffs are the owners of certain lands allotted in the name of a Cherokee citizen, charging the legal title, evidenced by patent conveying same, with their equitable right thereto, and to have defendants declared trustees for them. By the petition it is alleged that on May 3, 1907, Martha Pheasant, an intermarried white woman, duly enrolled as a Cherokee citizen, and entitled thereto, selected the lands…
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