John J. Spriggs, Sr. v. Douglas McKay Secretary of the Interior

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

The appellant John J. Spriggs, Sr., sued the Secretary of the Interior and Mary Bradford O’Neal Candler to have them declared trustees for him of certain lands in the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, and for related relief. As Mr. Spriggs puts it in his brief, he sought a declaratory judgment determining his rights under certain deeds. He claimed the rights by reason of legal services to Mary Bradford O’Neal Candler in connection with her lands, in payment for which she had attempted to deed him an interest therein. The difficulty is that the ■ lands with respect…