Dougherty v. Looney

This was an action to quiet title to certain real estate in Wagoner county, Okla., instituted by defendant in error, as plaintiff, against plaintiff in error and others, as defendants. The parties will hereinafter he referred to as plaintiff and defendants, as they appeared in the trial court. The land in controversy was a portion of the allotment of Ellis Roberts, a Creek freedman, who died about 1901, leaving as his sole heir Jack Roberts- The plaintiff claims title through a deed executed by Jack Roberts on April 27, 1904, and defendant claimed title through deed executed by Jack Roberts…