Allen v. Gaston

Opinion by

WEST, C.

Anderson Runels filed suit in the district court of Mayes county against J. P. Allen et al. to recover possession and quiet title to his allotment-which he had received as a member of the Cherokee tribe or nation of Indians, which had theretofore been conveyed in contravention of the restrictions placed thereon by Congress. Nelson Gaston, Virl Gaston, Virgil Gaston et al., filed answer to plaintiff's, petition and cross-petition against their co-defendant, J. P. Allen, alleging in said cross-petition that- they and their vendors had purchased said land from Allen under a…