SMITH v. McCULLOUGH

No. 22.

270 U.S. 456 (1926)

SMITH v. McCULLOUGH ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur S. Thompson for appellant.

Mr. Joseph C. Stone, with whom Messrs. A.C. Towne, George J. Grayston, C.M. Grayston, Paul A. Ewert, James Davenport, W.M. Jackson, and W.R. King were on the briefs, for appellees.


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

This appeal brings under review the proceedings in a much-litigated suit in equity brought to determine adverse claims based on conflicting mining leases given by a Quapaw Indian of land which was part of his allotment. The plaintiffs (appellees here) claimed under the first lease, and the defendant (appellant here) under two later leases, which taken together included...

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