United States v. Gilbertson

SPARKS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a bill of complaint on its merits, and ordering that appellee was the owner of certain described real estate free and clear of all claims of the two parties in whose behalf the bill was brought. It presents the question of the validity of a deed executed by an Indian in violation of certain restrictions against alienation extended by Executive Orders of which the grantee had no actual notice.

The bill of complaint was omitted from the record, which, by stipulation, contains only an agreed statement of facts; findings of fact…