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YERKE v. UNITED STATES

No. 664.

173 U.S. 439 (1899)

YERKE v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 18, 1899.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.N. Carter and Mr. T.H.N. McPherson for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Thompson and Mr. Lincoln B. Smith for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant (petitioner in the court below) claimed $3400.00 under the act approved March 3, 1891, c. 538, 26 Stat. 851, entitled "An act to provide for the adjudication and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations." He alleged that he was a native of Prussia, and came to the United States in 1828, and declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States on the 8th of January, 1842, and...

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