WALLACE v. ADAMS

No. 260.

204 U.S. 415 (1907)

WALLACE v. ADAMS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 25, 1907.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.C. Cruce and Mr. Jackson H. Ralston, with whom Mr. W.I. Cruce, Mr. W.R. Bleakmore, Mr. Frederick L. Siddons and Mr. William E. Richardson were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. George A. Mansfield, with whom Mr. J.F. McMurray and Mr. Melven Cornish were on the brief, for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations (by special leave of court). No counsel appeared for the defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action commenced in September, 1904, by Mrs. Ella Adams, for herself and her minor children, defendants in error, in the United States court for the Southern District of the Indian Territory, to recover possession of a tract of land in that Territory. Defendants answered, and upon trial judgment was rendered in favor...

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