Morris v. Greenlees

The opinion of the court was delivered by

JoHNSTQN, C. J.:

In this action Fred L. Morris recovered a judgment against John R. Greenlees for breach of warranty as to the title to certain land in Oklahoma. It appears that Eugene Davis was a quarter-blood Cherokee Indian, and a 'citizen of that nation. He died in 1904, and at the time of his death he was more than twenty-one years of age. Surviving him were his father, W. H. Davis, his mother, E. L. Davis, three brothers, Andrew, Perry and Kinney Davis, and a sister, Mary Davis, as his only heirs at law. His name was placed upon the rolls on May…