Taylor v. Harmon

Op'nion by

THREADGILL, C.

The parties appeared as plaintiffs and defendant in the trial court as they do here and will be so designated in this opinion. The facts in the case may be briefly stated as follows: Belton Davis was a Choctaw freedman, and received the N. E. % of N. W1. % of section 34, T. 2 S., R. 2 W., in Carter county, 40 acres of land, as his allotment, under the Act of Congress of July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 641). Thereafter said Belton Davis died, intestate, without marriage or issue, on or about December 26, 1907, and left surviving him his putative father, Louis Davis, and several…