UTE INDIAN TRIBE OF UINTAH & OURAY RESERVATION v. PROBST

Nos. 125-69, 126-69.

428 F.2d 491 (1970)

UTE INDIAN TRIBE OF the UINTAH AND OURAY RESERVATION, a body politic and corporate of the United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Parley PROBST and Oranna B. Moosman, Administratrix of the Estate of Elizabeth C. Bumgarner Poowegup, Deceased, Defendants-Appellees. UTE INDIAN TRIBE OF the UINTAH AND OURAY RESERVATION, a body politic and corporate of the United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Parley PROBST, Defendant-Appellant, and Oranna B. Moosman, Administratrix of the Estate of Elizabeth C. Bumgarner Poowegup, Deceased, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Boyden, Salt Lake City, Utah (Stephen G. Boyden, Salt Lake City, Utah, on the brief), for Ute Indian Tribe, appellant in No. 125-69 and appellee in No. 126-69.

Wayne L. Black, Salt Lake City, Utah (Robert D. Moore, Salt Lake City, Utah, on the brief), for Parley Probst, appellee in No. 125-69 and appellant in No. 126-69.

James J. Smedley, Heber, Utah (David Sam, Duchesne, Utah, on the brief), for Oranna B. Moosman, appellee in both Nos. 125-69 and 126-69.

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


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

We have here a three-way fight over Indian land. Plaintiff-appellant Ute Indian Tribe sued for certain equitable relief and for cancellation of a deed given by defendant-appellee Oranna Moosman as administratrix of the estate of Elizabeth Bumgarner Poowegup to defendant-appellant Parley Probst. Jurisdiction lies under 28 U.S.C. § 1362 because the matter in controversy arises under the Act of August 27, 1954, 25 U.S.C. § 677 et...

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