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CHOCTAW & CHICKASAW NATIONS v. BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS

No. 8416.

361 F.2d 932 (1966)

The CHOCTAW AND the CHICKASAW NATIONS, Appellants, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF LOVE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, and Texaco, Inc., a corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

June 6, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on brief by appellants (W. F. Semple, Tulsa, Okl., on brief).

Kenneth D. Bacon, Midwest City, Okl., for appellees.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, and LEWIS and BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judges.

MURRAH, Chief Judge.

The Choctaw and Chickasaw nations sued the Board of County Commissioners of Love County, Oklahoma, to quiet their title to the mineral interests under a cemetery. This appeal is from a judgment holding that the nations have no right, title or interest in the lands and that the Board is the owner in fee simple. We affirm the judgment.

The stipulated facts are that by patent deed executed in 1915 and approved by the Secretary of Interior...

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