STEWART v. UNITED STATES

No. 256.

206 U.S. 185 (1907)

STEWART v. UNITED STATES AND THE OSAGE NATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1907.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George A. King, with whom Mr. William B. King and Mr. R.V. Belt were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Van Orsdel for the United States.

Mr. Lorenzo A. Bailey for the Osage Nation.


MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

Except for the treaty between the United States and the Osage Indians, relative to the lands in question, and the passage of appropriate legislation by the United States, the lands would never have been sold, as they were not public lands of the United States for the sale of which Congress had already provided under its general...

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