Levindale Lead & Zinc Mining Co. v. Coleman
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT 'OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. The facts, which involve rights of' a white heir of an Osage Lidian to the allotment of the latter, and the construction of the Act of June 28, 1906, under which the allotment was made, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
Charles Coleman, the defendant in error, brought this suit to set aside a conveyance of an undivided interest in lands inherited from his Indian wife and child who were members of the Osage Tribe. Judgment was entered annulling the conveyance upon the ground that it was executed in violation of restrictions imposed by Congress. The judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the State (43 Oklahoma, 13), and this writ of error has been sued out.
The case was decided upon a motion for judgment on the pleadings, and there were special findings of the facts which the pleadings disclosed. It…
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