United States v. Board of Com'rs
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; John H. Cotteral, Judge. Suit by the United States against the Board of Commissioners of Osage County, Okl., and others. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GARLAND, Circuit Judge.
The United States, as guardian of certain Osage Indian allottees, brought this suit against appellees to en*571join them from selling certain lands described in the complaint for delinquent state and county taxes assessed and levied for the years 1910 to 1917. The taxes so levied were alleged to be illegal for the reason that the assessments upon which they were levied were arbitrary, grossly excessive, discriminatory, and unfair; also that the lands of the Osages were systematically overvalued, and the lands of other taxpayers systematically undervalued. The appellees…
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