Legal Opinion
Allen v. Garnett
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 22, 1938No. 1698PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRATTON, Circuit Judge.
The surviving widow and surviving children of Jesse K. Allen, deceased, a Cherokee Indian, filed their bill in equity to cancel and annul certain deeds of record, to remove cloud, and to quiet title to 130 acres of land in Nowata County, Oklahoma, being the land allotted to the deceased. By answer, certain defendants pleaded a decree of the district court of Nowata County as res judicata, and the statute of limitations.
When the cause came on for trial the court took up the question of res judicata. The only evidence submitted was certified copies of the.pleadings and…
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