Nuzum v. Springer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an attachment proceeding which involved the question whether a certain tract of land that had been allotted to an Indian of the Iowa tribe and subsequently patented to an heir was subject to an attachment, and whether a certain deed was delivered prior to the levy of the attachment. The land had been allotted to Min-Cath-Way, a member of the Iowa tribe, under an act of congress which provided that it should be held by the government in trust for a period of twenty-five years, after which it should be conveyed by patent in fee'…