United States ex rel. Warren v. Ickes

The plaintiff in this cause, Frank L. Warren, petitions this court to issue a writ of mandamus commanding the defendants, Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, and John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to pay and turn over to the plaintiff the sum of 18,586.72, with interest, from the funds *2inherited from the estate of Joseph Harjo by Betsy Harjo and now held by or under the custody and control of the defendants.

The pertinent facts of this case are as follows:

Tersey Baker, a full-blood Creek Indian, was allotted a homestead in Hughes County, Oklahoma. He died March 15th, 1911,…