Johnson v. Riddle
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. The facts, which involve the title to a town lot in the town of Chickasha in the Chickasaw District of' the Choctaw-Nation, and thp construction and application of the.townsite provisions of the Atoka Agreement, the Curtis Act and other statutes affecting the property of the Chickasaw and Choctaw, tribes, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. The facts, which involve the title to a town lot in the town of Chickasha in the Chickasaw District of' the Choctaw-Nation, and thp construction and application of the.townsite provisions of the Atoka Agreement, the Curtis Act and other statutes affecting the property of the Chickasaw and Choctaw, tribes, are stated in the opinion. The decision of the townsite board as approved by the Secretary of the Interior was based on an erroneous proposition, to-Avit; that the effect of the Atoka Agreement was to terminate the relation of landlord and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
court.
This was an'action of ejectment, commenced before' the admission of Oklahoma as a State in the United' States Court for the. Southern District of the Indian Territory, and brought to a conclusion in the state courts. There have been many changes of interest pendente lite, ■ and corresponding changes of parties. The original plaintiffs ’ were Riddle, now defendant in error,, and one Cook, whose interest Riddle has since acquired'. The interests of the original defendants have, been acquired by plaintiffs in error through mesne conveyances, that will be stated below. The subject of the…
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