Pilgrim v. Beck
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska
This was a suit by Robert Pilgrim and others against William H. Beck, United States Indian agent at the Winnebago Indian reservation, and others, to restrain him from removing complainants from certain lands.
1Opinion of the Court
SHIRAS, District Judge.
This case was begun in the district court of Thurston county, Neb.,—the petition being filed therein on the 17th day of July, 1895,-—and was thence removed into this court upon the petition of the defendants. On behalf of complainants, it is averred that they are residing upon certain lands, which have heretofore been assigned in severalty to sundry members of the Winnebago tribe of Indians; that after allotment had been made the Indian allottees entered into a contract with the Flournoy Live-Stock & Real-Estate Company for the lease of these lands for the period of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Beck v. Flournoy Live-Stock & Real-Estate Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
- United States v. Flournoy Live-Stock & Real-Estate Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska · 1895
- United States v. Van LeuvenDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1894
3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. Flournoy Live-Stock & Real-Estate Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska · 1896
- State v. Columbia GeorgeOregon Supreme Court · 1901
- Zevely v. WeimerCourt Of Appeals Of Indian Territory · 1904
- Nelson v. JohnWashington Supreme Court · 1906