Potter v. Nix

The land sought to be recovered in this action was allotted to Cloyeeker Nix, a full-blood Cherokee Indian. Shortly after his death, his father, as sole heir, sold the land and conveyed same by deed with proper judicial approval. The defendants by mesne conveyances claimed title and improved the premises, and so claimed and occupied the premises for nine or ten years before this action was commenced.

It was claimed by plaintiff that Minnie Potter was the common-law wife of the allottee, and that the boys were his sons, and as to one of them that he had been legitimated .or adopted by the…