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CREEK NATION v. UNITED STATES

No. 140.

302 U.S. 620 (1938)

THE CREEK NATION v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 17, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.W. Spalding, with whom Mr. Paul M. Niebell was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. N.A. Townsend, with whom Solicitor General Reed, Assistant Attorney General McFarland and Mr. Oscar A. Provost were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

When this case was here before1 petitioner was held entitled to recover compensation from the respondent for the taking of lands belonging to the petitioner constituting a portion of a larger tract granted to the Creek Nation in 1833. The boundary lines of petitioner's lands had been erroneously run in 1872 and, as a result, an area set apart...

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