Billie v. Seminole Indians of Florida

This is an appeal by Ingraham Billie et al. from an order issued by the Indian Claims Commission on April 8, 1955, sustaining the motion of the Seminole Indians of the State of Florida to strike a “special appearance and motion to quash” filed by Ingraham Billie et al. in Docket Nos. 73 and 73-A of the Indian Claims Commission and ordering the motion to quash stricken from the record.

The Seminole Indians of the State of Florida have pending before the Indian Claims Commission two petitions, Docket Nos. 73 and 73-A, asserting claims against the United States under the provisions of the act of…