Coachman v. Sims
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Brror from District Court, Hughes County; John Caruthers, Judge. Action by Nancy Coachman against B. O. Sims and Louisa Harjo. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
AMES, C.
The first question for decision is whether a full-blood Creek Indian, who died in March, 1909, could dispose, by will, of lands subsequently allotted to his heirs.
This question must be answered in the negative.
In 1900 the lands of the Creek Nation constituted their public domain, and they were not subject to disposition by any individual citizen of the tribe. Barnett v. Way, 29 Okla. 780, 119 Pac. 418; Cochran v. Hocker, 34 Okla. 233, 124 Pac. 953; Hayes v. Barringer, 168 Fed. 221, 93 C. C. A. 507. It is true that at that time allotments were being selected under the Act of…
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