United States v. Abrams
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Action by the United States against A. W. Abrams and another. From a judgment for defendants, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WM. H. MUNGER, District Judge.
One Minnie Redeagle, a member of the Quapaw tribe of Indians, was, on the 26th day of September, 1895, given by the United States a certain allotment patent in and to certain lands situated in the county of Ottawa, in the then Indian Territory, now state of Oklahoma, under and pursuant to the provisions of an act of Congress approved March 2, 1895 (28 Stat. 907, c. 188). That act contained the following provision:
“Provided, that said allotment shall be inalienable for a period of twenty-five years from and after the date of said patent.”
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