David v. Youngken
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Suit by Nellie David and others against J. H. Youngken, individually and as administrator of the estate of John D. Scott, deceased, and others. From a decree (235 Fed. 621) for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
HÓOK, Circuit Judge.
This suit involves the construction of section 22 of the act of April 26, 1906 (34 Stat. 137), imposing certain *209restrictions upon the alienation by heirs of lands allotted to members of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians. The facts are as follows:
Stephen David was an enrolled full-blood Cherokee Indian. He died intestate September 30, 1903, without having selected or received his allotment. He left surviving him a widow, five adult daughters, and a minor grandson, the issue of a deceased daughter. The widow and one daughter were of three-quarter blood, and the others,…
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