John J. Spriggs, Sr. v. United States

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

John J. Spriggs, an attorney, of Lander, Wyoming, brought this action to establish an undivided interest in certain parcels of land located in the Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming. 1 Spriggs’ claim grew out of a deed from Mary Bradford O’Neal, an enrolled Shoshone Indian, to an interest in six Indian allotments. The deed was executed pursuant to a contingent fee contract for legal services rendered to Mrs. O’Neal in connection with a will contest matter arising in 1925. In substance, the complaint alleges that agents of the United States knowingly and falsely…