UNITED STATES v. BARTLETT

No. 251.

235 U.S. 72 (1914)

UNITED STATES v. BARTLETT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 16, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Knaebel, with whom Mr. S.W. Williams was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. George S. Ramsey, with whom Mr. Edgar A. de Meules was on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit to cancel two deeds of land allotted to an enrolled citizen of the Creek tribe of Indians. The land is what is known as surplus, as distinguished from homestead, land, and the allottee is of three-fourths Indian blood. The allotment was made under the act of June 30, 1902, 32 Stat. 500, c. 1323, known as the Supplemental Creek Agreement, which provided...

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