United States v. Debell
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of South Dakota; James D. Elliott, Judge. Suit in equity by the United States of America against E. J. Debell and another. From a decree for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals from a decree of dismissal of its suit in equity against E. J. Debell and W. H. Butterfield to avoid a patent dated February 24, 1908, to Pehinji, a Rosebud Sioux Indian of the full blood, for a tract of 320 acres of land which had been allotted to, and was on February 24, 1908, held by the United States in trust for, him without power in him to alienate it for 25 years after February 23, 1907, the date of the trust patent to him of his allotment of this land, and to avoid Pehinji’s deed of the land to Debell on March l7, 1908, and Debell’s…
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