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Y-Ta-Tah-Wah v. Rebock

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa

Decided December 1, 1900PublishedCited by 7 opinions

On Motion to Substitute tbe (Next of Kin as Plaintiffs in Place of tbe Deceased Plaintiff.

1Opinion of the Court

SHIBAS, District Judge.

This action was brought in this court by Y-ta-tah-wah, a tribal Indian living on the Indian reservation in Tama county, Iowa, to recover damages for an alleged false arrest and imprisonment brought about by tbe defendant H. M. Be-*258bock, who was at' that time the agent appointed by the United States, and placed in charge of the Indians upon the named reservation; the defendant Tode being the sheriff of the county. From the allegations- of the petition, it appears that Y-ta-tah-wah acted as a “medicine man” in his tribe, and the proceedings instituted against him by the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Dennick v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. Jones v. MeehanSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  3. Martin's Administrator v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. The Kansas IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  5. Stewart v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1897

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  4. Peano v. BrennanSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Smith v. MosgroveOregon Supreme Court · 1908

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