Thomas v. Gay
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS PROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA. These are cross-appeals from; the Supreme Court oi the Territory of Oklahoma. The facts, as stated in the opinion of the court below, were as follows: The appellants are non-residents of the Territory of Oklahoma and owners of large herds of cattle that were kept and grazed, during a portion of the year 1895, in parts of the Osage Indian reservation in this Territory.
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APPEALS PROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA. These are cross-appeals from; the Supreme Court oi the Territory of Oklahoma. The facts, as stated in the opinion of the court below, were as follows: The appellants are non-residents of the Territory of Oklahoma and owners of large herds of cattle that were kept and grazed, during a portion of the year 1895, in parts of the Osage Indian reservation in this Territory. The appellees are the board of county commissioners, treasurer and sheriff of Kay Oounty, Oklahoma Territory. On the third Monday in February, 1894, the Supreme Court…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shieas
It is claimed that the legislative assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma was without power to enact the law of March 5, 1895, providing for the taxing of cattle grazing upon the Indian reservations under leases granted by the Indians, because, both before and since the creation of said Territory, exclusive jurisdiction over said Indians and their lands, and over all matters' in any way affecting them, or in which they are interested, is in the United States.
It ,is, indeed, true that the lands in question, constituting the reservations of the Osage and Kansas Indians, are portions of lands…
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