United States v. Lee

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

The appeal in this case presents for determination conflicting claims to certain land, and to the proceeds of royalties accruing under two oil and gas leases. Eliza Stechi, a full-blood enrolled Choctaw Indian, received a homestead allotment of land, a part of which was situated in Carter County, Oklahoma, and a surplus allotment, all of which was situated in that county. The allottee died intestate in 1918, seized and possessed of such land, and left as her sole heirs at law two children, Somner Stechi and Ledcie Stechi, both full-blood Indians of the Five Civilized…