Heckman v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The United States by its Attorney-General, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, brought this suit in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma to cancel certain conveyances of allotted lands made by members of the Cherokee Nation. Demurrer to the bill was sustained by the Circuit Court and the bill was dismissed.
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The United States by its Attorney-General, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, brought this suit in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma to cancel certain conveyances of allotted lands made by members of the Cherokee Nation. Demurrer to the bill was sustained by the Circuit Court and the bill was dismissed. United States v. Allen, and similar cases, 171 Fed. Rep. 907. The judgment was reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals and the trial court was directed to proceed…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
The conveyances, which this suit was brought to cancel, were executed by members of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, of the full-blood, of lands allotted to them in severalty. The statute under which the allotments were made (act of July 1,1902, c. 1375, 32 Stat. 716), accepted by the Cherokee nation on August 7, 1902, provided that the lands should be inalienable for a period specified. Sections 11-15 {Id., p. 717). The lands in question were “surplus” lands, that is, those other than homesteads. While' the restrictions, applicable to lands of this character, were stili in force, Congress…
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