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United States v. Board of Com'rs of Osage County

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Oklahoma

Decided December 26, 1911No. 867PublishedCited by 7 opinions

In Equity. Bill by the United States against the Board of County Commissioners of Osage County, Old., and others. On demurrer to the bill.

1Opinion of the Court

COTTERAE, District Judge.

[1] This suit is brought by the United States to'obtain a decree enjoining the enforcement by county officers of taxes levied for the year 1910 upon certain lands allotted to Osage Indians, under Act June 28, 1906, 34 Stat. 539, in Osage county, in this state, on the ground that such lands were not subject to taxation for that year. This act provides for the distribution of the lands which formerly constituted the reservation of the Osage Tribe, now organized as Osage county, by way of three selections of 160 acres each to the several members o| the tribe and an equal…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. United States v. RickertSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  2. Matter of HeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  3. Platt v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  4. Atkins v. Disintegrating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1874
  5. Goudy v. MeathSupreme Court of the United States · 1906

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hudson v. Hopkins &8212 McGuire v. McCurdySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
  2. United States v. MullendoreCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
  3. United States v. Board of County CommissionersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924
  4. Logan v. AndrusDistrict Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 1978
  5. United States v. MathewsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929

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