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STEVENS v. UNITED STATES

No. 2941.

146 F.2d 120 (1944)

STEVENS v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 18, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. L. Emery, of Okmulgee, Okl., for appellant.

John C. Harrington, of Washington, D. C. (Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cleon A. Summers, U. S. Atty., of Muskogee, Okl., and Norman MacDonald, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BRATTON, HUXMAN, and MURRAH, Circuit Judges.

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

This case presents for determination rival claims to the estate of Stella Sands, deceased. The decedent, enrolled as a full-blood Creek Indian, executed in due form a will and later died, leaving an estate which included certain land previously allotted to her. The instrument was presented to the County Court of Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, for probate. William Stevens, enrolled as a Creek Freedman, filed objections to the probate of the will...

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