Quarles v. Dennison

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

Bert Dennison was duly adjudged a bankrupt on his voluntary petition. J. J. Quarles, Jr., is the trustee of the estate of such bankrupt. The bankrupt is an Osage allottee of less than half blood. He was granted a certificate of competency by the Secretary of the Interior on January 14, 1920.

Under the provisions of the Act of June 28, 1906 (34 Stat. 539), and certain Acts amendatory thereto, the oil, gas, eoal and other minerals in the lands of the Osage tribe of Indians, and funds derived therefrom, and from other sources, are held by the United States in trust for…