Turner v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Clarence W. Turner (whose place of residence is Muskogee, Okla.), is the surviving partner of the firm of Blackstone & Turner, which was composed of Pleasant N. Blackstone and Clarence W. Turner. Said firm engaged in the business of raising and selling cattle in the year 1890 and before and after that year.
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The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Clarence W. Turner (whose place of residence is Muskogee, Okla.), is the surviving partner of the firm of Blackstone & Turner, which was composed of Pleasant N. Blackstone and Clarence W. Turner. Said firm engaged in the business of raising and selling cattle in the year 1890 and before and after that year. The said Blackstone died on or about the-day of April, 1903. II. A treaty between the United States and the Creek Nation of Indians was concluded June 14, 1866, and…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, Chief Justice
The jurisdictional act under which this suit is brought is found in chapter 216, 35 Stats., 444, entitled “An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents in fee to purchasers of Indian lands under any law now existing or hereafter enacted, and for other purposes,” and is section 26 of said act, as follows:
“That the Court of Claims is hereby authorized to consider and adjudicate and render judgment as law and equity may require in the matter of the claim of Clarence W. Turner, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, against the Creek Nation for the destruction of personal property, and the…
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