U.S. EX REL. WEST v. HITCHCOCK

No. 194.

205 U.S. 80 (1907)

UNITED STATES ex rel. WEST v. HITCHCOCK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1907.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Robeson and Mr. Samuel A. Putman, with whom Mr. William C. Shelley was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Campbell and Mr. Fred H. Barclay, with whom Mr. Jesse C. Adkins was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a petition for mandamus to require the Secretary of the Interior to approve the selection and taking of one hundred and sixty acres by the relator out of the lands ceded to the United States by the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians, under an agreement of June 4, 1891, ratified by the Act of Congress of March 2, 1895...

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