Legal Opinion
Board of Com'rs of Caddo County, Okl. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1936No. 1437PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRATTON, Circuit Judge.
The United States, in its own right and in behalf of an Indian ward, instituted this action against the Board of County Commissioners of Caddo County, Old., for the recovery of taxes assessed against land which had previously been allotted to the Indian, the taxes being for the years 1918 to 1931, inclusive. Trial by jury was waived and the cause submitted to the court.
The court found that the allottee, a Wichita Indian of one-fourth Indian blood, is a person of more than ordinary intelligence ; that she graduated from high school and has the appearance of being an…
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