Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Wauneka
Navajo Nation Supreme Court
Decided March 7, 1986No. A-CV-26-84Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion delivered by
Austin, Associate Justice.
Ben Wauneka Sr., administrator of the estate, appeals the denial of his claim against Dennis Williams for unauthorized use of estate farmland. Ben Wauneka Sr., as an heir, also appeals the judgment which distributed the farmland to the heirs in equal parcels.
Charley Nez Wauneka Sr., died intestate on January 10, 1979. There is no surviving spouse. In his Final Report and Proposed Distribution, Ben Wauneka Sr., the eldest son, proposed that the entire farmland consisting of 10.8 acres be awarded to him. Objections to the proposed…
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- Mashpee Tribe v. James G. WattCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- Mashpee Tribe v. WattDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1982
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