Legal Opinion
United States v. City of Salamanca
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided May 11, 1939No. 2254PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNIGHT, District Judge.
The United States of America brings this suit for and on its own behalf, and on behalf and as trustee and guardian of the Seneca Nation of Indians, and on behalf of Leona (Pierce) Kenjockety, a member of the said Indian Nation, to set aside a deed of a lot on the Allegany reservation and in the City of Salamanca, New York, sold by such city for non-payment of taxes, and to enjoin further assessment of taxes thereon.
The complaint alleges, among other things, that the Allegany-Cattaraugus tribe of Seneca Indians is under the guardianship of the United States; that at all…
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