Sells v. Mooney
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Sequoyah County ; John H. Pitchford, Judge. Action by Warren Mooney against Pearl Sells, nee Hayes, and others, for possession of land, to quiet title, and for rents. Judgment for plaintiff on demurrer to defendants’ answer and cross-petition, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtBailey, J.
This action was instituted in the district court of Sequoyah county by Warren Mooney, as plaintiff, against Pearl Sells and others, as defendants, to recover possession of a certain tract of land, together with rents for the use thereof. The lands involved were allotted to Udine Simpson, a one-fourth blood Cherokee Indian. The plaintiff claimed title under and by virtue of a deed executed by the allottee to him on July 27, 1908.
Defendants’ answer denied generally / the allegations of plaintiff’s petition, and then alleged that the allottee, on the 26th day of November, 1904, for a…
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