Zweigel v. Lewis

This suit was brought by Rachel Lewis, one of the defendants in error, to recover an undivided one-half interest in the homestead allotment of Agnes Stephen, a Mississippi Choctaw Indian. The case was tried on an agreed statement of-facts. The trial court awarded to A. Zweigel, who had purchased the interest of Jesse Billey, the father of the allottee, an undivided one-third interest in the allotment, but, claiming a greater interest, he has brought the case here for review.

The question involved is one of law, and requires a construction of the statutes of descent and distribution. The fact…