In re Heirs of House
Wisconsin Supreme Court
■ Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Brown county: S. D. Hastotos, Circuit Judge. Thomas House, Sr., an Oneida Indian, died on the Oneida reservation, in Brown county, November 13, 1894. At the time of his death he held a patent to certain lands which were part of the reservation which had been allotted among the Oneidas. ■ The patent provided as follows: “That the United States of America, in consideration of the premises and in accordance with the provisions…
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■ Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Brown county: S. D. Hastotos, Circuit Judge. Thomas House, Sr., an Oneida Indian, died on the Oneida reservation, in Brown county, November 13, 1894. At the time of his death he held a patent to certain lands which were part of the reservation which had been allotted among the Oneidas. ■ The patent provided as follows: “That the United States of America, in consideration of the premises and in accordance with the provisions of the fifth section of [the act of Congress of the 8th of February, 1887, 24 U. S. Stats, at Large, 388, ch. 119, which…
1Opinion of the Court
Siebeckee,, J.
This is a proceeding nnder sec. 3873b, Stats. (1898), to determine who are the heirs of Thomas House, deceased. The judgment appealed from declares that all the children named are his heirs for the purpose of taking an interest in the lands allotted to him under an act of Congress approved February 8, 1887 (24 U. S. Stats, at Large, 388, ch. 119), as amended hy an act of February 28, 1891 (26 U. S. Stats, at Large, 794, ch. 383). This statute provides for the allotment of lands to Indians, and sec. 5 provides that patents shall issue to allottees. It declares “that the United…
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