Legal Opinion
Town of Okemah v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1944No. 2850PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
The Town of Okemah, Oklahoma, filed a proceeding in the District Court of Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, to condemn three tracts of land which had been allotted to full-blood Creek Indians and which were restricted against alienation by the provisions of the Act of May 27, 1908, 35 Stat. 312.
Notice of the pendency of the action was served upon the Five Civilized Tribes in accordance with the provisions of the Act of April 12, 1926, 44 Stat. 239. The United States filed a petition to remove the proceeding to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of…
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