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LEDBETTER v. WESLEY

Nos. 7765, 7766.

23 F.2d 81 (1927)

LEDBETTER et al. v. WESLEY et al. McGEE et al. v. LEDBETTER et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

November 9, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. A. Ledbetter, of Oklahoma City, Okl. (H. L. Stuart, R. R. Bell, and E. P. Ledbetter, all of Oklahoma City, Okl., H. A. Ledbetter, of Ardmore, Okl., and L. A. Ledbetter, of Idabel, Okl., on the brief), for appellants in No. 7765.

J. D. Lydick, Charles E. McPherren, Kittie C. Sturdevant, Irvin L. Wilson, and M. E. Jordan, all of Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellees in No. 7765.

Philos S. Jones, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Muskogee, Okl. (Frank Lee, U. S. Atty., of Muskogee, Okl., on the brief), for the United States.

M. E. Jordan and Charles E. McPherren, both of Oklahoma City, Okl. (J. D. Lydick, Irvin L. Wilson, and Kittie C. Sturdevant, all of Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for appellants in No. 7766.

W. A. Ledbetter, of Oklahoma City, Okl. (H. L. Stuart, R. R. Bell, and E. P. Ledbetter, all of Oklahoma City, Okl., H. A. Ledbetter, of Ardmore, Okl., and L. A. Ledbetter, of Idabel, Okl., on the brief), for appellees in No. 7766.

Before KENYON, Circuit Judge and MOLYNEAUX, and JOHN B. SANBORN, District Judges.

KENYON, Circuit Judge.

Two appeals are here involved. We consider both in this opinion. The facts are somewhat complicated, and relate to the allotment of Betty Wesley, a full-blood Choctaw Indian, roll No. 3391, who died October 10, 1903. On the 18th day of December, 1903, Elias Wesley, Austin McGee, Jesse McGee, and Lizzie Thomas, purporting to be all the heirs of Betty Wesley, deceased, executed conveyances to W. A. Ledbetter and J. F. McClatchy and their heirs...

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