Legal Opinion
Cully v. Mitchell
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 6, 1930No. 149PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDERMOTT, Circuit Judge.
The rolls of citizenship of the Five Civilized Tribes, approved by the Secretary of the Interior, carried the name of Maria Cully, the appellant, and opposite her name, under the heading “Blood,” the fraction “%.” Under the Act of May 27, 1908 (35 Stat. 312), “All lands, including homesteads, of said allot-tees enrolled as * . * * mixed-blood Indians having less than half Indian blood including minors shall be free from all re strictions.” Section 1. The same act made provision for filing in the various counties of Oklahoma of “certified copies of such portions of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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