SCOTT v. BEAMS

Nos. 2174-2178.

122 F.2d 777 (1941)

SCOTT v. BEAMS et al., and four other cases.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick P. Cranston and Norman H. Smedegaard, both of Denver, Colo. (C. L. McGuire, of Oklahoma City, Okl., Guy D. Duncan, of Denver, Colo., and J. Q. A. Harrod, of Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for appellant Bennie Barnett Scott.

J. W. Stone, of Harriman, Tenn. (D. S. Beeler, of Rutledge, Tenn., on the brief), for appellant Rosa Allen et al.

Charles E. McPherren, of Oklahoma City, Okl. (Grant Foreman, of Muskogee, Okl., L. J. Burt and E. C. McMichael, both of Sapulpa, Okl., and Neal E. Maurer, of Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for appellant Dora Brady et al.

James D. Simms, of Tulsa, Okl. (James B. Simms, of Tulsa, Okl., on the brief), for appellant Joe E. Tiger and others.

Paul Pinson, of Tulsa, Okl. (I. J. Underwood, Sam S. Canterbury, and O. L. Lupardus, all of Tulsa, Okl., on the brief), for appellant Lucy Curns and another.

Kavanaugh Bush, of Tulsa, Okl. (Chas. L. Yancey and G. C. Spillers, both of Tulsa, Okl., on the brief), for appellant Louisa Murrell and others.

Eck E. Brook, of Muskogee, Okl. (Charles S. Carl, of Wewoka, Okl., and J. R. Huggins, of Ada, Okl., on the brief), for appellant Charles Barnett and others.

Elmer J. Lundy, of Tulsa, Okl. (John M. Goldesberry and Russell L. Nixon, both of Tulsa, Okl., on the brief), for appellant Martha Jane Walker.

A. E. Pearson of Oklahoma City, Okl. (L. A. Horton, of Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for appellant Bertha Barnett and others.

Mae R. Stricklin, of Wartburg, Tenn. and Hughett & Hughett, of Louisville, Ky., for appellant George W. Barnett et al.

W. T. Anglin, of Holdenville, Okl., Joseph C. Stone, of Muskogee, Okl., D. A. Richardson, of Oklahoma City, Okl., and Howell Parks, of Muskogee, Okl. (Alfred Stevenson, of Holdenville, Okl., Dick Jones, of Oklahoma City, Okl., Leon C. Phillips, of Okemah, Okl., E. W. Smith, of Henryetta, Okl., Charles A. Moon, of Muskogee, Okl., Francis Stewart, of Oklahoma City, Okl., L. O. Lytle and George Jennings, both of Sapulpa, Okl., Herbert G. House and Roscoe S. Cate, both of Muskogee, Okl., Harry B. Parris, of Eufaula, Okl., and Wilbur J. Holleman and J. Garfield Buell, both of Tulsa, Okl., on the brief), for appellees.

Charles N. Champion, Asst, U. S. Atty., of Muskogee, Okl. (Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Cleon A. Summers, U. S. Atty., of Muskogee, Okl., on the brief), for the United States.

Before PHILLIPS, BRATTON and HUXMAN, Circuit Judges.


BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

Jackson Barnett, a Creek Indian, was allotted one hundred and sixty acres of Creek tribal lands in Oklahoma. Oil in large quantities was developed on the allotted land and the proceeds from the sale of royalty oil were delivered into the custody of the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of Barnett, and more than a million dollars of the trust fund was invested in United States Liberty Bonds. Barnett and Anna Laura Lowe were pretendedly...

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