Chickasaw Nation v. United States

• Littleton, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case is now before the court on defendant’s counterclaim in the amount of $57,500 and its claim for offsets •under the act of August 12, 1935, 49 Stat. 571, for certain amounts expended gratuitously for the benefit of the Chicka- • saw Nation, and on plaintiff’s reargument of the question of value on March 3,1875 of the 136,204.02 acres of land owned jointly by the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations and taken by the defendant on that date.

The case was originally tried, argued, and submitted on the questions of the date of taking of the…