WEBSTER v. FALL

No. 149.

266 U.S. 507 (1925)

WEBSTER v. FALL, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Preston A. Shinn for appellant.

Mr. Solicitor General Beck, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Wells and Mr. H.L. Underwood, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, appeared for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant, an adult member of the Osage Tribe of Indians and without a certificate of competency, brought this suit against the Secretary of the Interior, Wright, the Superintendent of the Osage Agency, and Wise, a Special Disbursing Agent charged with the duty of paying and disbursing funds and moneys due individual Osage Indians, to secure a mandatory injunction...

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