Megreedy v. MacKlin
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the. District Court of Nolle County; before Bay-ard T. Hainer, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OF FACTS. On the 4th day of August, 1900, William B. McDonald, as administrator of the estate of William B. Megreedy, commenced this action in the district court of Noble county by filing his petition in which he alleges that William B. Me-greedy owned a lease of lands in the Ponca Indian reservation,, particularly describing said lands.
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Error from the. District Court of Nolle County; before Bay-ard T. Hainer, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OF FACTS. On the 4th day of August, 1900, William B. McDonald, as administrator of the estate of William B. Megreedy, commenced this action in the district court of Noble county by filing his petition in which he alleges that William B. Me-greedy owned a lease of lands in the Ponca Indian reservation,, particularly describing said lands. That Megreedy in the year 1899, subleased said lands-to J. B. Macklin, and attaches a copy of the lease; that Mack-lin continued in the possession of said lands…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Irwin J.:
The sole grounds on which reversal is asked is that the district court erred in holding that the sub-leasing of the lands without the consent of the secretary of the interior was illegal and void. Plaintiff in error claimed the law to be that as the defendants were tenants of the plaintiff, and had enjoyed peaceable possession of the premises, they were estopped from disputing their landlords’ title, and many authorities are cited in support of this position, and it must be admitted that the doctrine as a general proposition is true. But we think a distinction…
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