Legal Opinion

McElroy v. Pegg

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided April 19, 1948No. 3561PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

Mattie McElroy, nee Harjo, brought this action to quiet the title to a tract of land containing nine acres, situated in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, and to recover the possession of that portion of such land not in the possession of McElroy.

On October 20, 1919, N. B. Haney, Jr., and Carrie M. Haney, his wife, conveyed a ten-acre tract of land to Lucy Harjo by a Camey-Lachey form of deed. The land was purchased with restricted funds of Harjo and the deed contained a provision restricting alienation thereof by Harjo, except with the consent and approval of the Secretary of…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Board of County Commissioners v. SeberSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Sunderland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  3. Mattingly v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  4. La Motte v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  5. Lykins v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1902

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Harris v. National MacHine Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948
  2. Wolfe v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949
  3. Bailey v. BanisterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
  4. National Refining Co. v. WagnerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948
  5. Putts v. Commercial Standard Ins.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949

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