Legal Opinion
United States v. Dunn
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1923No. Nos. 6027, 6028PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
This suit was begun in September, 1919, to cancel an oil and gas lease given to Dunn and Gillam by the guardian and the curator of Allie Daney, a minor full-blood Choctaw Indian. The lease bears date August 19, 1913, and was signed at that time by A. N. Thomas as guardian. In January following it was signed by J. J. Eaves as curator. Eaves had given a lease to J. S. Mullen on the forty acres and other lands belonging to the minor, in August, 1913. Thomas and Eaves each claimed the right to represent the minor. Eaves had been appointed her curator by the U. S. Court for…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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