Shade v. Downing

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.-

A tract of land situated in Rogers Co¡:/aty, Oklahoma, was allotted to, Thompson Downing, a full-blood Cherokee Indian enrolled opposite Roll No. 14644. Thompson Downing and Sally Downing lived together as husband and wife until sometime after 1908, when Thompson Downing left Sally Downing. To the marriage between Thompson and Sally Downing three daughters were born, Lucy Downing, now Foster, Nancy Downing, now Taylor, and Polly Downing, now Williams. On February 21, 1916, a marriage license was issued to Thompson Downing and Polly Manus. On February 22, 1916, a…