MANDLER v. UNITED STATES

No. 219.

52 F.2d 713 (1931)

MANDLER et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 25, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Pinson, of Tulsa, Okl. (Walter L. Ransom, of Sapulpa, Okl., and D. H. Linebaugh, of Muskogee, Okl., on the brief), for appellants.

John M. Goldesberry, U. S. Atty., of Tulsa, Okl.

Before LEWIS, COTTERAL, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

To be entitled to an allotment of Creek lands, an Indian's name had to appear on the final citizenship rolls of the Creek Tribe made and approved under section 21 of the Curtis Act of June 28, 1898 (30 Stat. 495, 502), and acts amendatory or supplementary thereto. Said section 21 reads in part as follows:

"The several tribes may, by agreement, determine the right of persons who for any reason may claim citizenship in two or more tribes...

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