FAMOUS SMITH v. UNITED STATES

No. 1003.

151 U.S. 50 (1894)

FAMOUS SMITH v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.H. Garland for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Whitney, for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case, so far as we have found it necessary to consider it, raises but a single question, namely, whether, Smith being admitted to be a Cherokee Indian, born and raised in the Cherokee Nation, and a citizen of that nation, the undisputed testimony did not also show Gentry to have been an Indian.

If this were the case, then it is clear...

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