Heacock v. Tripp County

Plaintiff is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of Indians. Certain land was allotted to' her in what is now Tripp county, S. D., and on August 24, 1908, a trust patent for said allotment was issued to plaintiff, pursuant to the provisions of sections 5' and 6, ch. 119, Act of Congress of Eeb. 8, 1887, as amended (25 USCA §§ 348, 349)'. On December 21, 1917, the government of the United States, without application of plaintiff, issued to her an unrestricted fee-simple patent covering the allotment in question. Under date of May 9, 1929, the government of the United States, through the…