Richardson v. Pennington
Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory
Appeal from the United States Court for the Northern District. Wm. M. Springer, Judge. Action by B. D. Pennington against J. T. Richardson-Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the United States Court for the Northern District. Wm. M. Springer, Judge. Action by B. D. Pennington against J. T. Richardson-Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. This was an action of ejectment, brought to recover certain lands by Pennington, who was a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, against Richardson, who was not a citizen of said nation, alleging that he was the owner of certain lands described in the complaint under and by virtue of a bill of sale to J. C. Ward, sheriff of Cooweescoowee district, Cherokee Nation, in words and figures as follows: “Goose Neck, I. T.,…
1Opinion of the Court
Gill. C. J.
The record in this case fails to disclose the evidence or stipulation upon which judgment of the court below was founded, and we have no means of knowing, so far as the record discloses, what the evidence was before the court, other than that there was a motion for judgment on a stipulation, which stipulation does not appear in the record; that a response was filed to said motion; that a trial was had to the court upon such motion and response; that evidence was submitted (what it was we cannot know), and the court pronounced its judgment. In this incomplete and unsatisfactory…
2Cited by1 opinion
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