Legal Opinion
Smith v. McCullough
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 12, 1926No. 22PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This appeal brings under review the proceedings in a much-litigated suit in equity brought to determine adverse claims based on conflicting mining leases given by a Quapaw Indian of land which was part of his allotment. The plaintiffs (appellees here) claimed under the first lease, and the defendant (appellant here) under two later leases, which taken together included the same land as the first. The relief sought by the plaintiffs was full recognition of their lease and cancelation of the others. On the original hearing the District Court, following its decisions in earlier cases, held that…
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