UNITED STATES et al.
v.
MID-CONTINENT PETROLEUM CORPORATION et al.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 1, 1933.
September 1, 1933.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jno. M. Goldesberry, U. S. Atty., and Harry Seaton, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Tulsa, Okl., for the United States.
A. A. Hatch and Gerald B. Klein, both of Tulsa, Okl., and S. L. O'Bannon, E. T. Noble, and A. D. Cochran, all of Okmulgee, Okl., for appellants the Melone Group.
J. M. Springer, of Stillwater, Okl. (David Hervey, of Stillwater, Okl., and Jos. A. Gill, Sr., Jos. A. Gill, Jr., and J. W. Simpson, all of Tulsa, Okl., on the brief), for appellants the Hosey-Guthrie Group.
Jos. C. Stone, of Muskogee, Okl. (Grant Foreman, of Muskogee, Okl., and J. D. Simms, of Wewoka, Okl., on the brief), for appellants the Jesse Group.
John S. Severson, of Tulsa, Okl. (Herbert Smith, of Okmulgee, Okl., on the brief), for appellants the Tolon Group.
Chas. B. Rogers, of Tulsa, Okl. (E. O. Patterson, of Tulsa, Okl., on the brief), for appellants the Edwards-Gambler Group.
Lafayette Walker, of Okmulgee, Okl. (John Caruthers, of Okmulgee, Okl., on the brief), for appellants the Wolf Group.
N. A. Gibson, R. H. Wills, and John Rogers, all of Tulsa, Okl. (J. C. Denton and Jos. L. Hull, both of Tulsa, Okl., on the brief), for appellees.
Before PHILLIPS and McDERMOTT, Circuit Judges, and KENNEDY, District Judge.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
This suit involves the title to 160 acres of land in Creek County, Oklahoma, which was allotted to Ullie Eagle, a full-blood member of the Creek Tribe of Indians, who died intestate on June 8, 1902. In the trial court fourteen separate groups of parties claimed title to such land, as or through alleged heirs of Ullie Eagle. The primary question presented is, who were her heirs at law.
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