Legal Opinion
Porter v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 19, 1919No. 5321PublishedCited by 17 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Raiph E. Campbell, Judge. Suit by the United States and others against Nellie Porter, alias Nellie Deer, alias Lettie McGilbra. Decree for cross-complainants, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
YOUMANS, District Judge.
The United States brought this suit to set aside two of three patents for as many allotments which it is alleged were made by mistake to the same Creek citizen under different names, when that citizen was entitled to but one allotment. The prayer of the bill was:
“That Nellie Porter, Nellie Deer, and Lettie McGilbra, as described in complainant’s bill, be decreed to be one and the same person; that the names of Nellie Deer and Lettie McGilbra, now appearing upon the approved rolls of the Creek Tribe of Indians, be stricken therefrom; that the certificates and *2patents…
2Cited by17 opinions
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