United States v. Black
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Suit in equity by the United States against George E. Black and others. Decree for defendants, and the United States appeáls.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
A bill of complaint was filed in this case which covers over 30 printed pages. The whole case turns upon its sufficiency. It is manifest that we cannot set this bill out in full, but must abbreviate it in this opinion. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss for want of equity, and also for want of jurisdiction. This motion was sustained, and the case dismissed, and the original plaintiff brought the case here by appeal.
We will briefly state the facts as gathered from the bill: About 1893,'Tom Lucas, a white man and noncitizen of the Creek “Nation, was married to one…
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