Coody v. Coody
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Washington County; John J. Shea, Judge. Action by Edward Coody against D. R. Coody and Chas. O’Keifie. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to plaintiff’s amended petition, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
SHARP, C.
On September 13, 1909, plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, brought suit in the district court of Washington county against defendants in error, defendants below, seeking the cancellation of certain leases, a mortgage, and a deed on lands in said county theretofore owned by him. It appears from the petition: That plaintiff was a one-fourth blood Cherokee citizen, and the lands covered by the instruments sought to be cancelled constituted his allotment of lands in the Cherokee Nation. That at all times prior to August 31, 1909, plaintiff was a minor, under the age of 21…
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