George v. Robb
Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory
Appeal from the United States Court for the Northern District. John R. Thomas, Judge. Bill by Harry George against A. W. Robb, as executor of the estate of Sugar George, deceased, and others. Judgment in favor of defendants. Complainant appeals.
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Appeal from the United States Court for the Northern District. John R. Thomas, Judge. Bill by Harry George against A. W. Robb, as executor of the estate of Sugar George, deceased, and others. Judgment in favor of defendants. Complainant appeals. This is a suit in equity, filed on July 20, 1900, in the United States Court at Muskogee, by Harry George, a citizen of the Creek Nation, against the beneficiaries under, and A. W. Bobb, as executor, of the estate of Sugar George, the father of appellant, also a citizen of the Creek Nation. The complaint alleges the citizenship and relationship of the…
1Opinion of the CourtClayton, J.
This case rests solely upon the determination of the question as to whether the law of Arkansas as contained in chapter 155 of Mansfield's Digest (chapter 58, Ind. T. St. 1899), relating to wills, as extended over the Indian Territory, is to be enforced in the administration of estates of citizens of the Creek Nation. By section 26 of the act of congress of June 28, 1898 (30 Stat. 504; section 57zl6, Ind. T. Ann. St. 1899), it is provided that the laws of the various tribes shall not be enforced by the courts of the United States in the Indian Territory after the passage of that act. And by…
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