Western (Old Settler) Cherokee Indians ex rel. Owen v. United States

These appeals from the Indian Claims Commission present the question of whether the Commission was correct in sustaining the defense of res adjudicata, interposed by ap-pellee in a motion for summary judgment, to the claims of appellants for additional interest on treaty funds presented in their petitions duly filed with the Commission, under the Act of August 13,1946. (60 Stat. 1049 ; 25 U. S. C. 70a.)

The claims made in these petitions were based primarily upon the allegation that in computing the interest due the appellants upon principal sums determined to be due from the Government, under…