LANE v. WILSON

No. 1635.

98 F.2d 980 (1938)

LANE v. WILSON et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 19, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Chandler, of Muskogee, Okl., for appellant.

Gordon Watts, of Wagoner, Okl., and Joseph C. Stone, of Muskogee, Okl. (Charles G. Watts, of Wagoner, Okl., on the brief), for appellees.

Before LEWIS, PHILLIPS, and BRATTON, Circuit Judges.


LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a negro man, brought this action against the three appellees to recover from them $5,000, for that, as averred, they prevented his registration as an elector at the general election in November, 1934, because of his race and color. He was born in Alabama, but his residence has been in the village of Red Bird, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, since 1908 under claim of citizenship. He testified he voted in Oklahoma in 1910 and 1912, but did...

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