Reynolds v. United States
District Court, D. South Dakota
Action by Estella Lizzie Reynolds, for herself and her four minor children, Louis P., George M., Naomi E., and Russell O. Reynolds, against the United States, to secure for herself and her children allotments of certain lands under Indian treaties and the acts of CouL gress ratifying the same. Allowed in part, and denied in part.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, District Judge
(orally). This action is brought by the plaintiff Estella Lizzie Reynolds, for herself and her minor children above named, to secure for herself and for them allotments of certain lands described in the bill of complaint herein, to which they claim title.
The right of these plaintiffs to maintain this action in this court under the statutes of the United States is conceded by all parties to this action. The claim of the plaintiffs, in short, is that the allotments referred to in the bill of complaint are claimed by the plaintiffs as members, by blood, of the Sioux tribe of the Indian Nation;…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Oakes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
3Cited by1 opinion
- Pape v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1927