CHOCTAW AND CHICKASAW NATIONS v. SEAY

No. 5284.

235 F.2d 30 (1956)

The CHOCTAW AND CHICKASAW NATIONS, Appellants, v. Wilmer D. SEAY; J. B. Stoddard; Philip H. Broun; Bridwell Oil Company, a co-partnership composed of J. S. Bridwell, Margaret Browdle and Frank Browdle; Long, Yingling and Lauck, a co-partnership composed of M. J. Long, E. V. Yingling and D. R. Lauck; and Continental Oil Company, a corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

June 8, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. F. Semple, Tulsa, Okl. (Lynn Adams, Oklahoma City, Okl., and Lee Welch, Antlers, Okl., on the brief), for appellants.

Richard R. Linn, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Richard D. Stone, Waurika, Okl., S. J. Montgomery, Oklahoma City, Okl., John E. Kilgore, Dallas, Tex., for Kilgore & Kilgore, W. M. Cleaves for Cleaves & Cleaves, Houston, Tex., Dwight L. Simmons, Dallas, Tex., for Thompson, Knight, Wright & Simmons, R. O. Wilson, Harry Dippel, Fort Worth, Tex., on the brief), for appellees.

Before BRATTON, Chief Judge, PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, and ROGERS, District Judge.


PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

The Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations brought this action to quiet the title to certain lands extending from the medial or center line of Red River and the southern or right-hand bank of such river and lying opposite Lot 1 of Section 10 and Lots 3, 4 and 5 of Section 3, all in Township 7 South, Range 5 West, Jefferson County, Oklahoma.

The Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations claim title to all of the lands between the medial line and the south...

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