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LANHAM v. McKEEL

No. 245.

244 U.S. 582 (1917)

LANHAM, ADMINISTRATOR OF LANHAM, ET AL. v. McKEEL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 11, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Orion L. Rider, Mr. Geo. E. Rider and Mr. E.S. Hurt for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. J.F. McKeel (in propria persona), Mr. C.H. Ennis and Mr. James E. Webb for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This writ of error presents but a single federal question, and that is within narrow compass. The suit involves the title to a part of the surplus allotment of Mary Jane Lanham, who was a Choctaw Indian of three-fourths blood. Defendant in error claims title under a deed made by her on April 25, 1908. It is conceded that because of legislation by Congress prior to the Act of April 21, 1904, c. 1402, 33 Stat. 189...

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