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SUPERINTENDENT OF FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 817.

295 U.S. 418 (1935)

SUPERINTENDENT OF FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Thomas J. Reilly and Arthur F. Mullen, with whom Messrs. F.M. Goodwin and George F. Shea were on the brief, for petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Wideman, with whom Solicitor General Reed and Messrs. J.W. Morris and J.P. Jackson were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Sandy Fox, for whom this suit was instituted, is a full-blood Creek Indian. Certain funds, said to have been derived from his restricted allotment, in excess of his needs, were invested. The proceeds therefrom were collected and held in trust under direction of the Secretary of Interior. The question now presented is whether this income was subject to the federal...

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