Legal Opinion
Shaw v. Gibson-Zahniser Oil Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 9, 1928No. 234PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
Defendants in error brought this suit in the district court for western Oklahoma against plaintiff in error to recover state taxes paid under protest. Judgment was given for the plaintiff, and the case is now pending on writ of error in the court of appeals for the eighth circuit. That court has certified to this, questions of law concerning which it asks instructions' for the proper decision of the cause. Jud. Code § 239.
The certificate discloses that defendants in error are the assignees of a departmental oil and gas lease of land belonging to Miller Tiger, a full blood Creek Indian, The…
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