IN RE JOHNSON

No. 13. Original.

167 U.S. 120 (1897)

In re JOHNSON, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 10, 1897.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John J. Weed for petitioner.

Mr. Solicitor General opposing.


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

This case raises the question whether the United States court for the Southern District of the Indian Territory had jurisdiction to try and condemn the petitioner under the circumstances above set forth.

The following statutes are pertinent in this connection: By the fifth section of the act "to establish a United States court in the Indian Territory," etc., approved March 1, 1889...

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