Hemmer v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal' from the District Court of the United States for the District of South Dakota; James D. Elliott, Judge. Suit in equity by the United States against Louis Hemmer and others. From an adverse decree (195 Fed. 790), defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The Act of Congress of March 3, 1875, 18 Stat. 402, 420, c. 131, § 15 (U. S. Comp. St 1901, p. 1419), provided that any Indian who was the head of a family, or who had arrived at the age of 21 years, and had abandoned, or should thereafter abandon, his tribal relations, should be entitled to the benefits of the homestead law (Revised Statutes, §§ 2289, 2290, 2291 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1388-1390]), but that the title to the lands he should acquire should be inalienable for five years from the date of his patent therefor. Henry Taylor was such an Indian of the Sioux…
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