Rice v. Maybee

KNIGHT, District Judge.

The parties hereto- are Seneca Indians, residing on the Cattaraugus Reservation, in the state of New York. On or about October 31, 1903, one Solomon Maybee executed an instrument in writing wherein he purported to convey all his interest in certain lands on such reservation in trust to one Hattie Jemison for the benefit of his wife, named therein Hattie Jemison, and their four daughters, such trust to become effective on the death of Solomon Maybee and to continue during the lives of said mother and daughters. Plaintiff herein, one of the cestui que trust, has succeeded…