De Graffenreid v. Iowa Land & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Okla. T. Error from the United States Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory, at Muskogee; before Wm. B. Lawrence, Judge. Action by the Iowa Land & Trust Company against R. P. De' Graffenreid and others to quiet title, or for partition or sale of the premises as their respective interests might appear.
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Okla. T. Error from the United States Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory, at Muskogee; before Wm. B. Lawrence, Judge. Action by the Iowa Land & Trust Company against R. P. De' Graffenreid and others to quiet title, or for partition or sale of the premises as their respective interests might appear. Judgement for plaintiff, and defendants sued out a writ of error to the United States Court of Appeals in the Indian Territorjq whence the same came before the Supreme Court of Oklahoma by virtue of enabling act, June 16, 1906, c. 3335, 34 Stat. 267. On June 7, 1902, Castella…
1Opinion of the CourtTuRNER, J.
(after stating the facts as above). Before determining the devolution of the allotment of Castella Brown let us determine its legal status prior to her death.
The Indian appropriation bill of March 3, 1893 (27 Stat. 645, e. 209) provides:
“Sec. 15. The consent of the United States is hereby given to the allotment of lands in severalty not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one individual within the limits of the country occupied by the Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws and Seminóles; * * * and upon the allotment of the lands held by said tribes the reversionary interests of the United…
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