DILLON v. ANTLER LAND COMPANY OF WYOLA

Nos. 72-2176, 72-2205.

507 F.2d 940 (1974)

Phoebe Wilson DILLON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ANTLER LAND COMPANY OF WYOLA, a Montana Corp., et al., Defendants-Appellees. ANTLER LAND COMPANY OF WYOLA, a Montana Corp., et al., Defendants-Cross-Appellants, v. Phoebe Wilson DILLON, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Towe (argued) of Towe, Neely & Ball, Billings, Mont., for plaintiff-appellant.

Cale Crowley (argued), of Crowley, Kilbourne, Haughey, Hanson & Gallagher, Billings, Mont., Glen R. Goodsell, Atty. (argued), Land and Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Before CHAMBERS and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges, and McGOVERN, District Judge.


McGOVERN, District Judge:

In dispute here is title to 1,040 acres of grazing land on the Crow Indian Reservation in the State of Montana. Appellant Phoebe Wilson Dillon, then a minor Crow Indian, was awarded this land by trust patents in 1923 and 1924. Her father managed the land until she became of age. Not long after Appellant received her allotments, the land was leased to Matt Tschirgi, who later incorporated under the name of Antler Land Company. In 1949, Mrs...

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