United States v. Johnson

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

The appeal in this case presents for decision the question whether money belonging to a restricted full-blood, allotted Osage Indian at the time of her death; subsequently disbursed through the Osage Agency to the administrator of her estate; distributed by the administrator to the guardian of the minor children of the decedent with one-half Indian blood; and by the guardian either invested in certificates of deposit or deposited in a checking account in a bank in Oklahoma which subsequently became insolvent and suspended business — constitutes a preference claim…