Legal Opinion
Carpenter v. Shaw
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 6, 1930No. 50PublishedCited by 293 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
This case comes here on writ of certiorari, 279 U. S. 830, to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma to review its judgment upholding a tax imposed under § 9814, Compiled Oklahoma Statutes of 1921, upon “ the owner of any royalty ” in petroleum and natural gas, to the extent of 3% of the gross value of the royalty.
The petitioners are enrolled Choctaw Indians of less than half blood who, by virtue of their membership in the tribe, have received allotments of lands within the State of Oklahoma, under the Atoka Agreement with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes, embodied in 1 29 of the Act of June 28, 1898,…
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