Green v. Menominee Tribe
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP .CLAIMS. The facts, which involve a claim against the Menominee Tribe for supplies furnished to individual members of the Tribe and the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims to consider such claim under the act of May 29,1908, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
By this appeal a review is sought of a judgment of the court below holding that an amended petition filed by the appellant stated no cause of action and dismissing the same. (47 Ct. Cls. 281.) Our attention therefore must be directed to the petition, but as a means of at once clarifying the issues, we refer to the act of Congress authorizing the suit and briefly state the averments of an original petition which was likewise dismissed because stating no cause of action.
By an act of Congress of May 29, 1908 (35 Stats. 444, c. 216, § 2), jurisdiction was conferred upon the Court of Claims “to…
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