Allen v. Trimmer, County Treasurer
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Garvin County; R. McMillan, Judge. . . Action by Stephen W. Allen and others against J. F. Trimmer, Treasurer of Garvin County. Judgment for defendant and plaintiffs bring'error.
1DissentTurner, J.
I know no way to better express by dissent to the foregoing opinion that to file this, the opinion originally adopted by the court in this cause. These petitioners, plaintiffs below, are Chickasaw freedmen, and as such are each the owner of 40 acres of land in Garvin county, allotted and patented to them pursuant to Act July 1, 1902 (chapter 1362, 32 Stat. 641), and pursuant to the terms of the Curtis Act (Act June 28, 1898, 30 Stat. 507, c.- 517). Subsequent to their allotment, Congress on May 27, 1908 (35 Stat. 312, c. 199) passed an act removing restrictions from the sale and incumbrance…
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