BUTTON v. SNYDER

No. 1780.

7 F.Supp. 597 (1934)

BUTTON v. SNYDER et al.

District Court, W. D. New York.

June 22, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Codd, Jr., of Buffalo, N. Y., for plaintiff.

John J. Bennett, Jr., Atty. Gen. (by James P. Cotter, of Buffalo, N. Y., and Henry E. Warner, of Albany, N. Y.) for defendants.


KNIGHT, District Judge.

This action is brought to recover damages on account of the appropriation by the state of New York of certain lands owned by the plaintiff and to enjoin the defendants from exercising any rights of ownership, occupation, or authority over such land. The plaintiff is of Indian blood or descent and a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians. He was the owner and resident of an allotment of land located upon the Cattaraugus Reservation of the Seneca...

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