United States v. Dowden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Suit in equity by the United States against E. Dowden and others. Decree for defendants, and the United States appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
T. C. MUNGER, District Judge.
The questions involved in this controversy concern the title to a tract of land in Oklahoma, the land formerly having been in the domain of the Chickasaw Nation in Indian Territory. See United States v. Dowden (C. C.) 194 Fed. 475.
A portion of the land was selected as an allotment on July 22, 1903, by the administrator of Aaron Colbert, deceased. Aaron Colbert’s name appeared upon the approved roll of the Choctaw Indians as- a duly enrolled citizen, but he had died after the ratification of the agreements qf distribution made by the Choctaws and Chickasaws and the…
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