Blackfeather v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Hejiortcrs’ statement of the’ case: The material allegations of the petition will be found in the opinion of the court. The act says: “That the Shawnee tribe or band of Indians * * * shall present to the said court all their claims against the United States * * * of every description whatsoever.” This language is quite broad enough to cover the claims embraced in this action.
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The Hejiortcrs’ statement of the’ case: The material allegations of the petition will be found in the opinion of the court. The act says: “That the Shawnee tribe or band of Indians * * * shall present to the said court all their claims against the United States * * * of every description whatsoever.” This language is quite broad enough to cover the claims embraced in this action. Indeed the “act” commanded the Shawnee Indians to present these particular claims, for they are of the “description whatsoever.” ■ If they had not presented these claims to this court, but sought the Departments or…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
On the 3d day of August, 1892, the claimant filed a petition in which it is alleged, that the petitioner, Johnson Black-feather, brings suit as the principal chief of the Shawnee tribe or nation of Indians under the provisions of an act of Congress entitled “An act to refer to the Court of Claims certain claims of the Shawnee and Delaware Indians and the freedmen of the Cherokee Nation, and for other purposes,” approved October 1, 1890 (26 Stat. L. 636), and made said act an exhibit and part of his petition. -
It is further alleged as a basis upon which the suit is brought, that to said act…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. BlackfeatherSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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