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WORK v. LYNN

No. 17.

266 U.S. 161 (1924)

WORK, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. UNITED STATES EX REL. LYNN, GUARDIAN OF LASLEY, AN INCOMPETENT OSAGE INDIAN ALLOTTEE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 17, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C. Edward Wright, with whom Mr. John H. Edwards, was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Conrad H. Syme, with whom Mr. James W. Beller and Mr. D.E. Johnson were on the brief, for defendant in error.

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

This was a petition, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, for a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of the Interior to pay to the relator as guardian of Rosa Lasley, an incompetent Osage Indian, her share of certain tribal income. The court sustained a demurrer to the answer, and on the defendant's declining to plead further, a judgment was entered...

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