Legal Opinion
In Re Lewis Estate
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 16, 1924No. 12268PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This suit was originally instituted in the county court of Atoka county, Okla., by Sealey Wesley, a member of the Choctaw Tribe of Indians by blood, on the 1st day of March, 1919, on application therein to determine the heirs of one William Lewis, deceased, a full-blood Choctaw Indian.
The said Sealey claimed to be an heir of William Lewis, deceased, and entitled to an undivided one-half interest in his allotment.
J.M. Scott and W.W. Corbin, the holders of the record title to said lands and who secured their title through deeds from the half-brothers and sister of William Lewis, deceased,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kelly's Heirs v. McGuireSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1855
- Homer v. LesterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- Thorn v. ConeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
3Cited by9 opinions
- Gray v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- Gray v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- Lincoln v. HerndonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
- In Re Fulsom's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1929
- Davis v. Harjo's Unknown HeirsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1929
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