KENNY v. MILES

No. 179.

250 U.S. 58 (1919)

KENNY v. MILES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 19, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Solicitor General, with whom Mr. Assistant Attorney General Kearful was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. H.P. White for respondents.


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

In concluding a proceeding in the county court of Osage County, Oklahoma, for the settlement of the estate of Lah-tah-sah, a deceased Indian woman, it became necessary to determine who were her heirs. Two claimants appeared and sought to establish such a relation. One, John Kenny, claimed to be a son and the sole heir; and the other, Laban Miles, claimed to be the surviving husband and an equal heir with...

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