BAZE v. SCOTT

No. 6611.

24 F.Supp. 806 (1938)

BAZE v. SCOTT et al.

District Court, E. D. Oklahoma.

October 4, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl G. Anthis and Forrester Brewster, both of Muskogee, Okl., for plaintiff.

W. F. Semple, of Tulsa, Okl., and Ferguson & Hagood, of Durant, Okl., for defendant Lonie Scott and guardian of Lonie Scott.

Utterback, Stinson & Utterback, of Durant, Okl., for Durant Nat. Bank, Durant, Okl.

Nate Gibson, Jr., of Muskogee, Okl., as guardian ad litem for Lonie Scott.

Charles N. Champion, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Muskogee, Okl., for intervener.


RICE, District Judge.

This case involves the disposition of oil and gas royalties derived from the homestead allotment of a deceased fullblood Indian leaving heirs born after March 4, 1906, under Section 9 of the Act of May 27, 1908, 35 Stat. 312, 315.

The essential facts for a determination of the question involved were agreed upon. Hickman Willis, the allottee, was a fullblood Mississippi Choctaw Indian. He died on July 17, 1925, and left surviving the plaintiff...

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