HOLT v. MURPHY

No. 61.

207 U.S. 407 (1908)

28 S.Ct. 212

52 L.Ed. 271

HOLT v. MURPHY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 6, 1908.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John S. Jenkins and Mr. William Frye White, with whom Mr. John B. Cotton was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. J.H. Everest for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff alleges in her petition that the land is worth $100,000. It appears that she has never been in Oklahoma; that neither she nor her husband ever entered upon or cultivated the land, and yet she asks the court to give her this valuable property, taking it away from those who, at least by their presence and occupation of...

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