UNITED STATES v. FERGUSON

No. 238.

247 U.S. 175 (1918)

UNITED STATES v. FERGUSON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1918.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Kearful for the United States.

Mr. Harry H. Rogers, Mr. Joseph L. Hull and Mr. Nathan A. Gibson for appellees.


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

This is a suit to cancel certain conveyances of allotted Indian lands made by the heir of the deceased allottee. In the District Court there was a decree for the defendants, which was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 225 Fed. Rep. 974.

The lands formerly belonged to the Creek tribe and were allotted and patented to Kochokney, an enrolled member of that tribe, as his part or share of the...

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