Creek Nation v. United States

The plaintiff sues the defendant for the difference between the sale price of its town lots, which were sold by a commission appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, and what it alleges was the “true value” thereof.

Prior to the passage of the Curtis Act, approved June 28, 1898 (30 Stat. 495), all land in the Creek Domain was owned by the tribe in common; but that Act provided for the allotment of certain portions of the land to the. individual members of the tribe and for the sale of the remainder. Among the lands to be sold were lots in the towns within its territory. Section 15 of the…