HARNAGE v. MARTIN

No. 112.

242 U.S. 386 (1917)

HARNAGE ET AL. v. MARTIN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James A. Veasey, with whom Mr. Lloyd A. Rowland and Mr. Jere P. O'Meara were on the briefs, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Robert J. Boone, with whom Mr. W.L. McKenzie was on the briefs, for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an equity action involving the right to an allotment of land in the Cherokee Nation, containing about 77 acres. The plaintiff in error Harnage, and the defendant in error Martin, are members of the Cherokee Tribe, and rival claimants to the allotment. The other parties are two oil companies that claim under Harnage and Martin respectively, and admittedly have no higher rights than theirs. Harnage brought...

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