HALL v. UNITED STATES

No. 4564.

201 F.2d 886 (1953)

HALL v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

January 30, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. A. Ledbetter, Ardmore, Okl., for appellant.

Fred W. Smith, Attorney Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (James M. McInerney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin Langley, U. S. Atty. Muskogee, Okl., and Roger P. Marquis, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and HUXMAN and PICKETT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The main question presented by this appeal is whether the federal government has power to maintain an action for the recovery of restricted Indian Land against one who holds such land under a void lease or whether such action must be brought in the name of the lessee claiming right to possession under a valid lease from the allottee.

Since we are dealing here with a restricted Indian, a ward of the federal government, and her restricted land, the...

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