Shipman v. Medlock

Defendant in error, Alice C. Medlock, owner of lots in block 13, Oak Park addition to Oklahoma City, instituted this action to declare void two deeds covering other lots in said block. One was executed by plaintiffs in error J. D. Shipman and Ella Shipman to plaintiff in error Bertha Jones, and the other by plaintiffs in error W. B. Eaton and Maud Eaton to plaintiffs in error Taylor Jackson and Bernice L. Jackson. The alleged basis for the relief sought is that the grantees in said deeds are persons of the negro or African race and by reason thereof the deeds violate the restrictive…