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Shore v. Shell Petroleum Corp.

District Court, D. Kansas

Decided December 23, 1931No. Nos. 533, 534, 540, 541Published

1Opinion of the Court

HOPKINS, District .Judge.

These actions involve the question of ownership of the bed of the Arkansas river contiguous to certain upland owned by the plaintiffs.

The several bills of complaint contain practically the same allegations. In each instance the plaintiff alleges and contends that the lands in controversy form a part of land allotted to the Osage Indians by the federal government for a reservation; that the government held the naked title to such lands in trust for the use and benefit of the Osages; that the plaintiff doraigned his title from the Osages through patents of the…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Pollard's Lessee v. HAGANSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
  2. Donnelly v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  3. Hardin v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  4. Barney v. KeokukSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  5. Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876

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