Work v. United States Ex Rel. Lynn

This was a petition, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, for a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of the Interior to pay to the relator as guardian of Rosa Lasley, an incompetent Osage Indian, her share of certain tribal income. The court sustained a demurrer to the answer, and on the defendant’s declining to plead further, a judgment was entered awarding the writ. The judgment was affirmed by the Court of Appeals, 52 App. D. C. 155; 285 Fed. 889, and the case is here on writ of error.

Rosa Lasley is an adult member of the Osage Tribe, enrolled as such, and entitled to…