Legal Opinion
Drummond v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 5, 1945No. 520PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
Mamie Fletcher Pitts, a full-blood Osage Indian, died on May 24, 1937, leaving land allotted to her as a ,member of her tribe. Her husband, George Pitts, also a full-blood Osage, was appointed administrator of her estate in appropriate proceedings in an Oklahoma court. His certificate of 'competency which had been granted him in 1910, § 2, Seventh, Act of June 28, 1906, 34 Stat. 539, 542, was revoked by the Secretary of the Interior on June 24, 1938. On September 9, 1938, he was adjudged to be the sole heir by the Oklahoma court, which entered an order directing distribution of Mamie’s estate…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. CandelariaSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Bowling & Miami Investment Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- United States v. HellardSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- In Re Thompson's Estate v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
- United States v. CandelariaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
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3Cited by38 opinions
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