LITTLEFIELD v. NELSON

No. 5540.

246 F.2d 956 (1957)

James M. LITTLEFIELD; Minnie I. Littlefield; R. S. Littlefield, also called Spencer Littlefield; Lena R. Littlefield; R. S. Littlefield, Jr.; and L. J. Littlefield, Appellants, v. Paul E. NELSON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

July 31, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly Brown, Muskogee, Okl., for appellants.

Alpheus Varner, Poteau, Okl., and G. C. Hardin, Fort Smith, Ark., for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, PICKETT and LEWIS, Circuit Judges.


LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee invoked the diversity jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma by instituting this action to quiet title to certain lands bordering the Arkansas River on the south in LeFlore County, Oklahoma. The subject lands are contiguous to lands admittedly owned by plaintiff but stand unrepresented by record of title except as plaintiff claims by accretion and appellants-defendants assert possessory...

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