Creek Nation v. United States

When this case was here before 1 petitioner was held entitled to recover compensation from the respondent for the taking of lands belonging to the petitioner constituting a portion of a larger tract granted to the Creek Nation in 1833. The boundary lines of petitioner’s lands had been erroneously run in 1872 and, as a result, an area set apart for other Indian tribes included over five thousand acres belonging to the petitioner. Those tribes ceded their lands to the respondent upon an agreement that allotments should be made to their members in severalty. The Act of February 13, 1891, 2 which…