Taylor v. Irwin

MeDERMOTT, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, who is not an Indian by blood, acquired a three-fourths interest in an Osage headright through the will of her husband, a member of the OSage Tribe, who died on February 21, 1923. Appellee was adjudged a bankrupt on October 28, 1929; at that time she was the owner of a five-twelfths interest in such headright. The trial court held that such headright was not subject to administration in bankruptcy, and that the headright and payments received thereon, should be set over to appellee as exempt property. The appellant, her trustee in bankruptcy, appeals.

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