Cochran v. Hocker
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Creek County; W. L. Barnum, Judge. Action by Agnes P. Cochran against J. W. Hocker and Plar-ry G. Stein to restrain enforcement of a writ of possession against plaintiff for certain town lots in the city of Sapulpa and to quiet title thereto. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
AMES, C.
By section 14 of the act of June 28, 1898, 30 St. at L. 499, known as the Curtis Act, it was provided that the inhabitants of any city or town in the Indian Territory having as many as 200 residents might, by petition to the United States court, incorporate the town, as provided in chapter 29, Mansf. Dig. of Ark. (Ind. T. Ann. St. 1899, c. 15). Mansf. Dig. of Ark., sec. 785 (Ind. T. Ann. St. 1899, sec. 555), required the petition for incorporation to be accompanied by an accurate map or plat of the town or city. Under this act, the town of Sapulpa was incorporated in 1898 by…
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- Stanclift v. FoxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
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