LONGEST v. LANGFORD

No. 52.

276 U.S. 69 (1928)

LONGEST v. LANGFORD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. H.A. Ledbetter and H.E. Ledbetter were on the brief for petitioner.

Messrs. W.F. Semple, S. Russell Bowen, Guy Green, and Robert R. Pruet were on the brief for respondents.


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

A claim to an estate by the curtesy in lands allotted and patented in the name and right of a Choctaw woman then deceased is here in controversy. It was sustained by the state court. 114 Okla. 50. The allotment was made and the patent issued under two agreements between the United States and the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes. Act June 28, 1898, c. 517, § 29, 30 Stat. 505; Act July 1, 1902, c. 1362, 32...

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