Hamilton v. Havercamp
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court, Olemulgee County; W. L. Barnum, Judge. Action by Ellen Hamilton against Bennie B. Havercamp and the Okmulgee Loan & Trust Company. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
AMES, C.
The plaintiff alleged that she was the mother of Millie Hawkins, a citizen of the Creek Nation: that certain lands had been selected for Millie’s allotment; that before deeds were delivered, and in September, 1899, Millie died unmarried, leaving the plaintiff and her father and some brothers and sisters surviving; that at the time of her death the land passed to her nearest relation by virtue of the Creek law of descent and distribution, and that plaintiff was the nearest relation; that in 1906 the defendant, the Okmulgee Loaii & Trust Company, secured a deed from the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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