Legal Opinion
City of Wilburton, Oklahoma, Magnolia Petroleum Company, Deno Maggi and Mike Hugo v. Alex Swafford
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 14, 1958No. 5663_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAH, Circuit Judge.
This suit involves the title to the abandoned right of way of the M. K. & T. Railway Company within the limits of the City of Wilburton, Latimer County, Oklahoma. The parcels were originally Indian lands of the Chickasaw and Choctaw Tribes, and the first and principal question is whether, upon abandonment, title thereto reverted to the City of Wil-burton, or to the successor to the paten-tee from the tribes. The answer turns on a construction of federal law relating to disposition of Indian lands. Exercising its jurisdiction based upon a federal question and requisite…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- Askins v. British-American Oil Producing Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1949
- United States v. DrumbCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1946
- Smith v. ReneauSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1941
- Chickasha Cotton Oil Company, a Delaware Corporation v. The Town of Maysville, Oklahoma, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Bauman v. Choctaw-Chickasaw NationsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, a Corporation v. Peter C. Walter, Betty Walter Allen, Jean Walter Davisson, and Daisy E. WalterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
- Choctaw Nation and Chickasaw Nation v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, and Davy C. ManerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Haymond v. ScheerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
- Sealy, Incorporated v. Simmons CompanyCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1959
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