English v. Richardson

The plaintiff holds a patent dated December 12, 1902. It was issued to her as a member of the Creek Nation when the tribal lands were divided in pursuance of the same general policy as that discussed in Choate v. Trapp, ante, p. 665. There were, however, a few differences. The tax exemption covered only the homestead of forty acres, and there was a restriction on alienability for 21 years. The patent, instead of being “framed in conformity with the Agreement,” as in the case of the Choctaws and Chickasaws, bore on its face a provision- that the land should be non-taxable; the language of the…