United States v. Board of Com'rs
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; John H. Cotteral, Judge. Suit in equity by the United States against the Board of County Commissioners of Osage County, Old.; and others. From the decree, both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
AMIDON, District Judge.
The government brought this suit to restrain the collection of taxes levied upon allotments of Osage Indians. Two classes of allotments are involved, homesteads and surplus lands. Each of these is subdivided in the bill, but in the disposition which we make of the case those differences _ become unimportant. The trial court held the homesteads to be nontaxable, and issued the injunction prayed, and canceled the levy as a cloud upon the title. It held surplus lands to be taxable, and denied any relief as to them. Defendants appealed from the first part of the decree, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. RickertSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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- Aaron v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
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