HARRIS v. BELL

No. 51.

254 U.S. 103 (1920)

HARRIS, FORMERLY FRANCIS, ET AL. v. BELL ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 15, 1920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James C. Davis for appellants.

The Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Nebeker also filed a brief on behalf of appellants.

Mr. William M. Matthews, with whom Mr. George S. Ramsey was on the brief, for appellees.


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

By this suit certain conveyances of lands allotted in the name and right of a Creek Indian after his death were assailed, and their cancellation sought, by the heirs who made them. On the final hearing the District Court upheld two of the conveyances, 235 Fed. Rep. 626, and that decree was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 250 Fed. Rep. 209. The present...

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