KIRBY v. PARKER

Civil Action No. 1162.

58 F.Supp. 309 (1944)

KIRBY v. PARKER et al. (UNITED STATES, Intervener).

District Court, E. D. Oklahoma.

November 28, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Moore, of Ardmore, Okl., for plaintiff.

W. H. Landram and Francis Stewart, Asst. U. S. Attys., both of Muskogee, Okl., for the defendants and intervener.


RICE, District Judge.

Out of the peculiar facts of this case arise certain legal questions the answers to which are important in fixing stability of titles to inherited Indian lands. Stability of titles to Indian lands is no less important to the Indian than to the white man who seeks to purchase. Instability of titles is harmful to members of the Five Civilized Tribes. It is a known fact that they will sell their lands, but if the title is in doubt the purchaser...

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