Postoak v. Lee
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Carter County; S. Ii. Bussell, Judge. Action by Albert J. Lee against Jack Postoak. Judgment was for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GALBRAITH, O.
This action was commenced in the trial court to recover $1,000, as an agreed fee for professional services, rendered before the Department of the Interior in the matter of making proof of the removal and settlement to the Ohoctaw-Chiekasaw Nation of Bessie Postoak, a deceased Mississippi Choctaw Indian. There was a contract, also a promissory note, as evidence of the agreement to pay. this fee. The defendant pleaded the want of capacity of Jack Postoak to make the contract and note, and also a failure of consideration. A jury was waived, and the cause tried to the court. There…
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