Woodward v. De Graffenried
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP OKLAHOMA. ■The facts, which involve the construction and applica- . tion of the Curtis Act and the Original Creek Agreement and the disposition of an allotment made by the Dawes Commission to the heirs of a Creek Indian after the death of the allottee, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
This was an ejectment suit, brought by defendant in error in the District Court of Muskogee County, Oklahoma, to recover an undivided half interest in a tract of 160 acres of land situate in that county, formerly part of the domain of the Creek Nation in the Indian Territory. The tract was allotted to Agnes Hawes, a Creek Freed- woman, who, after receiving the allotment, died without issue, leaving surviving her husband, Ratus Hawes (under whom defendant in error claims), her mother, Peggie Woodward, one of the plaintiffs in error, and her father,: Louis Woodward, since deceased, to whose…
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