Taylor v. Parker
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. The facts, which involve the application and construction of Acts of Congress imposing and affecting restrictions on alienation of lands allotted under the Choctaw and Chickasaw agreement ratified July 1, 1902, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a suit by the heirs of Maggie Taylor, a member of the Chickasaw tribe of Indians, against the plaintiff in error, her husband and devisee, to recover her allotment, which she devised to him. The answer relied upon the will, the plaintiffs demurred, and the courts of Oklahoma sustained the demurrer and gave judgment for the plaintiffs. 33 Oklahoma, 199. The question is whether the devise was invalid under the supplemental agreement with the Choctaws and Chickasaws ratified by the Act of Congress of July 1, 1902, c. 1362. 32 Stat. 641.
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