Donelson v. Oldfield

JACKSON, Justice.

The question presented in this appeal from the judgment of the District Court of Osage County, in which the facts are uncontradicted, is whether Section 3 of the Act of Congress of February 27, 1925, 43 Stat. 1008, had the effect of imposing restraints upon the alienation of lands in the hands of Osage Indian devisees, which lands had been free and clear of all restraints in the hands of the Osage Indian devisor. That section of the statute is as follows:

“Lands devised to members of the Osage Tribe of one-half or more Indian blood or who do not have certificates of…