Legal Opinion

Chase v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 12, 1921No. 5474PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska; Joseph W. Woodrough, Judge. Suit in Equity by the United States, as trustee for Rose Wolf Setter, against Hiram Chase and wife. From an order granting a preliminary injunction, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

HOOK, Circuit Judge.

[1] This is an appeal by Hiram Chase and his wife from a temporary injunction restraining them from interfering with the right of the United States, as trustee of Rose Wolf Settei, and the right of her approved lessee, to the possession and use of a tract of restricted Indian land in Thurston county, Neb., and from entering and trespassing thereon. The question is whether injunction lies in a case like that set forth in the complaint.

The land was allotted in 1902 to Reuben Wolf, an Indian member of the Omaha Tribe, and a trust patent was issued, which provided-that the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Light v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. Dixon v. CoxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1920

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Bowling v. StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924
  2. Peoria Tribe or Band of Indians v. Wea Townsite Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941

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