ENGLISH v. RICHARDSON

No. 559.

224 U.S. 680 (1912)

ENGLISH v. RICHARDSON, TREASURER OF TULSA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1912.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Willard L. Sturdevant, with whom Mr. Grant Foreman and Mr. M.L. Mott were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Charles West, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff holds a patent dated December 12, 1902. It was issued to her as a member of the Creek Nation when the tribal lands were divided in pursuance of the same general policy as that discussed in Choate v. Trapp, ante, p. 665. There were, however, a few differences. The tax exemption covered only the homestead of forty acres, and there was a restriction...

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