Legal Opinion
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Owens
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 3, 1935No. 1074, 1075PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
The Dawes Commission allotted a tract of land in Creek County, Oklahoma, to Barney Thlocco, a full-blood Creek Indian, who died about the time such allotment was made. Oil and gas were discovered in Creek County, and on November 1, 1913, the United States brought a suit in the Dis trict Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma against Bessie Wildcat and others claiming to be the heirs of Thlocco, to cancel the allotment and recover the lands embraced therein for the benefit of the Creek Nation.
On April 17, 1914, the District Court appointed a…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Booth v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Woolford Realty Co. v. RoseSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Pennsylvania Steel Co. v. New York City Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1912
- Superintendent of Five Civilized Tribes v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Decker-Ruhl Ford Sales, Inc. v. Ford Motor Credit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Glenn v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- United States v. Francis L. Higginson, TrusteesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1956
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