United States v. Smith
District Court, E.D. Oklahoma
In Equity. Suit by the United States against E. M. Smith and others. On motion to strike defendants’ answer.
1Opinion of the Court
WIRUAMS, District Judge.
The land to which title is involved in this action was allotted to Ben Carpenter, a full-blood Cherokee Indian, as his surplus. Thereafter, to wit, on January 9, 1906, said allottee made application to the United States Indian agent at the Union Agency.for the Five Civilized Tribes for the removal of restrictions as to said surplus allotment. Said agent, having made due investigation thereon, recommended that restrictions on said land as to alienation be removed, which said recommendation was approved by the Secretary of the Interior on March 27, 1906, "to be effective…
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