Legal Opinion

Smith v. Sumpsey and Rosie

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided July 10, 1917No. 6819PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error from District Court, Seminole County; Tom D. McKeown, Judge. Action by Sumpsey and Rosie against T. H. Smith. From a judgment for the plaintiffs, defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtOwen, J.

Tbis is an action, brought in the district court of Seminole county, to recover an undivided one-half interest in certain lands and to quiet title to the same. The petition alleges that the land was allotted to Ya-fo-la-gee, a member of the Seminole Tribé of Indians; that Kissie Harjo, at the death of the allottee, inherited a one-half interest in same; that thereafter Kissie died, and the land was inherited by the defendants in error as the sole heirs of Kissie. The plaintiff in error, defendant below, claims title through a deed executed by Kissie Harjo on the 28th of August, 1905. The case…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Mullen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Woodward v. De GraffenriedSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. Skelton v. DillSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  4. Marcy v. Board of Commissioners of Seminole CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
  5. Rentie v. McCoySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Pluto Oil & Gas Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  2. Seiffert v. JonesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
  3. Wynn v. FugateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1931
  4. Chapman v. TigerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960
  5. Chapman v. TigerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960

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