Swift v. Leach
North Dakota Supreme Court
Election contest, upon tbe removal of a county seat, in Sioux County, Crawford, J. From a judgment of dismissal, tbe plaintiff bas appealed. Tbe Indians are not a portion of tbe political community called tbe people of tbe United States; and, altbougb not foreign nations or persons, they always have been regarded and treated as distinct and independent political communities.
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Election contest, upon tbe removal of a county seat, in Sioux County, Crawford, J. From a judgment of dismissal, tbe plaintiff bas appealed. Tbe Indians are not a portion of tbe political community called tbe people of tbe United States; and, altbougb not foreign nations or persons, they always have been regarded and treated as distinct and independent political communities. Worcester v. Georgia, 5 Pet. 515; Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 5 Pet. 1; United States v. Osborne, 2 Fed. 58; Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U. S. 94, 28 L. ed. 643, 5 Sup. Ct. Rep. 41, 45. As to whether the evidence shows they have…
1Opinion of the CourtBronson, J.
Statement. — This is an election contest involving the removal of the county seat of Sioux county. Fort Tates has been the county seat since the organization of the county. At the general election held on November 5,1918, there was submitted to the electors the proposition of removing the county seat of Selfridge, a town located some 18 miles west of Fort Tates, on the Milwaukee railway. As officially canvassed 479 votes (330 men, 149 women) were cast for Selfridge, and 393 votes (263 men, 130 women) for Fort Tates. At such election 273 so-termed trust patent Indians voted upon this…
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