Blakemore v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Appeal from, the United States Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory, at Muskogee; William B. Lawrence, Judge. Action by Cora Johnson against Frank P. Blakemore. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. This action was brought by appellee in the United States Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory at Muskogee to have declared void and canceled a certain warranty deed executed by her to appellant.
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Appeal from, the United States Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory, at Muskogee; William B. Lawrence, Judge. Action by Cora Johnson against Frank P. Blakemore. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. This action was brought by appellee in the United States Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory at Muskogee to have declared void and canceled a certain warranty deed executed by her to appellant. She alleges in her petition that she is a native-born citizen of the Creek Nation, and that on or prior to the 25th day of April, 1904, she was the owner of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHates, J.
(after stating the facts as above). Appellant’s contentions may be epitomized as follows: First, that the master erred in finding that appellee was a minor on the 25th day of April, 1904, the date on which she executed the deed in controversy; second, that the master erred in omitting to find that appellee, at. and before the execution of the deed, misled plaintiff by falsely representing and stating to him that she was then 18 years of age; third, that the court erred in refusing to sustain his exceptions to the master’s report, and in refusing to re-refer the cause to the master for his…
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