DAVIS v. TOLOWA ROYALTIES

No. 188.

40 F.2d 264 (1930)

DAVIS v. TOLOWA ROYALTIES, Inc., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 4, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles West, of Tulsa, Okl., for appellant.

Elmer J. Lundy and Garrett Logan, both of Tulsa, Okl. (L. M. Poe, R. E. Morgan, Geo. S. Ramsey, Edgar A. deMueles, and Villard Martin, all of Tulsa, Okl., on the brief), for appellees.

Before LEWIS, COTTERAL, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Adeline Grayson was enrolled by the Dawes Commission as a Creek Indian, and was given title to 40 acres of tribal lands as her homestead. She died in 1914 or 1915. Her son testified she died about November 12, 1915. She left two sons surviving. The death of another son preceded her death. The three sons were by different fathers, but none by appellant. There is evidence that she was half Creek and half Negro. John Davis, plaintiff and appellant...

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