Legal Opinion

Chase v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided November 21, 1919No. 5283PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska; J. W. Woodrough, Judge. Suit by Hiram Chase, Jr., a minor, by his next friend, Hiram Chase, against the United States. Decree for the United States, and complainant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

CARLAND, Circuit Judge.

May 19, 1910, this action was instituted under tire provisions of the act of Congress approved February 6, 1901 (31 Stat. 760, c. 217), by Hiram Chase, Jr., a member of the Omaha Tribe of Indians, by his next friend, Hiram Chase, Sr., to secure a decree for an allotment of land in the Omaha reservation, which had been denied to him by the Secretary of the Interior. The case was before this court at a former term, and, as stated in the opinion of the court, on appeal from a decree dismissing the amended complaint for the reason that it did not state facts sufficient to…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Messenger v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. United States v. KagamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. In Re Sanford Fork & Tool Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
  4. Edye v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  5. Lone Wolf v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1903

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. White v. HigginsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
  2. Luminous Unit Co. v. Freeman-Sweet Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1924
  3. Lemieux v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
  4. Davis v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
  5. Prentis v. ManoogianCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1926

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