Wilbur v. Bingham
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, STcagit Cou/nty.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Stiles, J.
— The disposition of this appeal depends'upon whether there was a marriage between the deceased, John T. Wilbur, and a Swinomish Indian woman, £iKitty,”who, with her sons by said John T., proposes the respondent as administrator of the estate. Appellant claims administration for herself, if any be granted, as the only lawful wife of the deceased.
*36In 1867 the Swinomish tribe were treaty Indians, residing upon the reservation set apart for them on Fidalgo Island, Skagit county, by a treaty ratified by the United States senate and proclaimed by…
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