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CARPENTER v. SHAW

No. 50.

280 U.S. 363 (1930)

CARPENTER ET AL. v. SHAW, STATE AUDITOR OF OKLAHOMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 6, 1930.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stephen A. George, with whom Mr. J.B. Moore was on the brief, for petitioners.

Messrs. J. Berry King, Attorney General of Oklahoma, and V.P. Crowe, Assistant Attorney General, submitted for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case comes here on writ of certiorari, 279 U.S. 830, to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma to review its judgment upholding a tax imposed under § 9814, Compiled Oklahoma Statutes of 1921, upon "the owner of any royalty" in petroleum and natural gas, to the extent of 3% of the gross value of the royalty.

The petitioners are enrolled Choctaw Indians of less...

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