SKELTON v. DILL

No. 56.

235 U.S. 206 (1914)

SKELTON v. DILL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles J. Kappler and Mr. Charles H. Merillat for plaintiff in error.

There was no appearance or brief filed for defendant in error.


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

Whether an allotment of lands in the Creek Nation which was made on behalf of Archie Hamby, a Creek child then deceased, passed the lands to his heirs free from restrictions upon alienation is the Federal question in this case. The facts out of which the question arises are these: Archie Hamby was born in February, 1900, and died in July, 1901, being survived by...

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