Cox v. Smith

This appeal is from a judgment of the district court of Osage county, affirming the judgment of the county court of that county denying the application of the plaintiffs in error for an order on the executor, Clayton N. Smith, of the estate of Henry Red Eagle to show cause why he should not sell 240 acres of land owned by Henry Red Eagle at the time of his death to pay a claim of plaintiffs in error.

Henry Red Eagle was a full-blood enrolled Osage Indian, No. 531, who had never received a certificate of competency. November 18, 1921, with his own personal accumulations he purchased from John…