United States v. Gray
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District, of Utah; John A. Marshall, Judge. Action by the United States, as guardian and trustee of Ben Niccowree, against Arthur Deon Gray and John Dinkins. Judgment for defendants, and the United States brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The question which this case psesents is whether or not the United States has-capacity to sue a lessee and his surety for breaches of the covenants of a lease made by an Indian allottee and approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Ben Niccowree was 'an Uncompahgre Ute Indian, under the direction and supervision of the Uintah and Ouray Indian agency, and an allottee of a tract of 80 acres of land under the act of Congress of February 8, 1887, the legal title to which the United States was holding in trust for the period of 25 years for him, or in case of his death for…
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