Smith v. Townsend
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME C.OURT OF THE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA. ■ On April 30, 1891, the appellant filed his complaint in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Territory of Oklahoma.
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME C.OURT OF THE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA. ■ On April 30, 1891, the appellant filed his complaint in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Territory of Oklahoma. In this complaint he alleged his citizenship, and full qualification to enter public lands under the homestead laws of the United States; that during the years 1888 and 1889 the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad Company was engaged-in operating a railroad through the Indian Territory, having a right of way therein, granted by treaty with the Indians, and acts of Congress; that during those years he was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
This case turns on the construction to be. given to the acts of March 1 and 2,1889, and the proclamation of the President of March 23, 1889. The act of March 1, 1889, 25 Stat-.' 757, 759, c. 317, was an act ratifying and confirming an. agreement with the Muscogee (or Creek) Indians in the Indian Territory, whereby a large body of their lands had been' ceded to the United States. The second section, of the act was in these words:
“ That the lands acquired by the United States under said agreement shall be a part of the public domain, but they shall only be disposed of in accordance with -the…
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