First Nat. Bank v. Ickes

(sitting by designation) .

Plaintiff, a banking corporation, brought this action as trustee under the last will and testament of Thomas Long, Sr., a deceased full-blood Creek Indian, to compel the Secretary of the Interior to relinquish to the plaintiff supervision and control over 80 acres of land and the profits accruing therefrom after the testator’s death.

In compliance with Rule 52(a) of the Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, I find the facts specially as follows:

Findings of Fact.

Thomas Long, Sr., a full-blood Creek Indian died on March 13, 1932, seized of an…