Legal Opinion
Burgess v. Nail
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 23, 1939No. 1776, 1777PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
Lucy Poloke, a full-blood Creek Indian, was allotted a tract of land in Creek County, Oklahoma. During her lifetime there accumulated in the custody of the Secretary of the Interior moneys derived from royalties under an oil and gas lease of the allotment made with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Lucy Poloke died testate in the year 1925, leaving as her sole devisee and legatee her daughter, Suma Burgess. The will was duly admitted to probate by the county court of Creek County, Oklahoma, on November 2, 1925.
Suma Burgess was a full-blood Creek Indian,…
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