Cordilla v. Taylor

The plaintiffs, Mary Taylor and Willie Taylor, claiming to be the sole and only heirs at law of their father, Washington Taylor, deceased, a full-blood Seminole allottee, filed this action to quiet title to the allotment of their father. They made 'as party defendant, Effie Cordilla, nee Miles, a full-blood Tonkawa Indian, who filed an answer alleging that she was the wife of Washington Taylor at the time of his death and was entitled to an interest in the land herein involved. The plaintiffs filed a reply denying the affirmative allegations of defendant’s answer and pleading the statute of…