Jeffers v. United States

GRUBB, District Judge.

This action arose under the Menominee Indian Enrollment Act of June 15, 1934, 48 Statutes at Large 965, as amended July 14, 1939, 53 Statutes at Large 1003. The plaintiff claimed to be one fourth Menominee Indian. The complaint alleged that plaintiff made application for enrollment as a Menominee Indian and that the committee on enrollment for the Menominee Indian Tribe approved the application on July 1, 1951. Thereupon the application was submitted to the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington, D. C. That application was returned without action by…