MILLER v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 102, 103, 365.

57 F.2d 987 (1932)

MILLER et al. v. UNITED STATES (three cases).

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 12, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Embry, of Oklahoma City, Okl. (Charles E. Johnson, V. P. Crowe, and Raymond A. Tolbert, all of Oklahoma City, Okl., and Felix Duvall, of Ponca City, Okl., on the brief), for appellants.

Charles B. Selby, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen. (Seth W. Richardson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Herbert K. Hyde, U. S. Dist. Atty., of Oklahoma City, Okl., and J. F. Murray, Atty. for the Indians, of Ponca City, Okl., on the brief), for the United States.

Before LEWIS and McDERMOTT, Circuit Judges, and SYMES, District Judge.


LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

The several counts in these three suits sought cancellation of deeds of Ponca Indians by which they conveyed lands in Kay and Noble counties, Oklahoma, to George L. Miller, now deceased. The lands had been allotted theretofore to members of the tribe and were held under trust patents as provided by the Act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 388, 26 Stat. 794, 25 USCA § 331 et seq. and notes), until 1917, 1918, 1919, or 1920, in which years the...

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