Untied States v. Cook
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Action by the United States of America against William J. Cook and another. From a judgment of dismissal, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
This suit was instituted by the United States under the act of May 27, 1908 (35 Stat. 312, c. 199), as interpreted by the Supreme Court in the case of Heckman v. United States, 224 U. S. 413, 443, 32 Sup. Ct. 424, 56 L. Ed. 820, to cancel a. deed made January 1, 1903, by Mahala Colbert, Ellen Colbert, and Thompson Colbert, f.ull-blood Creek Indians, to William J. Cook and William R. Robinson, the defendants in this case. At the trial below the facts appeared to be as follows: On July. 26, 1901, an allotment certificate was issued as a homestead to William Colbert, a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Heckman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Tiger v. Western Investment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Skelton v. DillSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Rentie v. McCoySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Reed v. WeltyDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1912
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