The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-25

preme court yesterday, in an opinion
by Justice Hayes, held that a deed or
contract conveying a portion of sur
plus allotment made by a Choctaw In
dian by blood before the removal of re-
strictions upon her power to ALLEVIATE
the land is in violation of act of con-
gress of June, 1898, and is void,
The opinion was rendered in the
case of S. A. Simmons ct al VS.. w. F.
Wilmington, appealed from the dis
trict court of Carter county, and the
case is reversed and remanded. A
deed executed by an allottee under
the congressional act of APRIL l21, 1904,
after the date of the approval of the
order giving the allottee authority to
sell, but before the expiration of thirty
days from the date of such order, also
is held void.
Other opinions of the court were:
BY Justice Williams-Mamie e. Hol
land VS.. Carrie Cofield, district court
Logan county, reversed and remanded;
w. N. Gain VS.. M. F. Ball, United
States court southern district of Indian
Territory, appeal dismissed; Oklaho-
ma Farmers Mutual Indemnity associ-
alton VS.. S. E. Sutton, district court
Washita county, affirmed; w. K. Pat
terson VS.. Nora Meyer, district court
Logan county, affirmed; j. l. Case
Threshing Machine company VS.. D. C..
Oats, sheriff, district court Woods
county, affirmed; ]. r. Bash VS.. Will
liam Howland, district court Garfield
county, reversed and remanded; ]. w.
Gillespie VS.. James E. Frisbe, county
court Garfield county, appeal dismiss
ed; J. w. Ripley & Son VS.. Art Wall
Paper Mill, district court Oklahoma
county, remanded; Secretary Mission
ary Baptist church of Nowata VS.. L. A.
Keyes, district court Nowata county,
appeal dismissed; Fred Miller Brew
ing company VS.. G. F. Kelley, district
court Grant county, appeal dismissed.
BY Chief Justice Dunn-William H.
Wilson VS.. Martha Wilson, district
court Okmulgee county, dismissed; M.
10. & G. Railway company vs.. ]. A.
Workman, county court Hughes county,
dismissed; E. G.. Flanagan and J. B.
Rowlett VS.. Jennine Davis, district
court Oklahoma county, reversed and
Iremanded; Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railroad company VS.. w. G. Long,
county court Seminole county, revers-
ed and remanded; T. M. Barnett VS..
w. J. Bohannan, county court Haskell
county, affirmed; B. f. Wood, Sr., vs.
M. F. Steil ct al, district court Musko.
gee county, affirmed; Ben Brummage
VS.. William Kenworthy, county court
Logan county, affirmed; Elizabeth Nc
Coy VS.. James Mccoy and Lizzie Nc
Coy, district court Caddo county, ap
peal dismissed; School district No SO
Stephens county VS.. ]. D. Cox, dismiss
ed; Board of education, city of Lawtor
VS.. School district No. 49, district
court Comanehe county, reversed.
By Justice Kane-Mutual Trust com
pany ct al VS.. Farmers Loan and Sc
curity company, district court Carter
county, dismissed; Stephens ct al vs.
Oklahoma City Railway company, dis
trict court Oklahoma county, affirmed
Maddox VS.. Drake, county court Wash
ita county, reversed; Singleton VS.
Kennamer, district court Tulsa county
dismissed; De Witt ct al VS.. City of e
Reno and the Cleveland-Trinidad Paw
ing company, district court Canadian
county, dismissed; Rider VS.. Morgan
district court Marshall county, affirm
ed; Franklin L. Cast VS.. A. L. King
district court of Oklahoma county, re
{, versed and remanded
By Justice Hayes-Henry Welch VS.
y. Coody Johnson, county court Sem
mole county, reversed and renanded
Sam Hassell VS.. G.. w. Morgan and B