Goodrum v. Buffalo
Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory
Error to the United States Court for the Northern District of the Indian Territory; before Justice ffm. R. Lawrence, March 8, 1905. Action by Arthur Buffalo against C. D. Goodrum and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. Arthur Buffalo, a minor Quapaw Indian, brought suit in ejectment against C. I). Goodrum and his tenants for the possession of two tracts of land in the Quapaw reservation, Ind. Ter.
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Error to the United States Court for the Northern District of the Indian Territory; before Justice ffm. R. Lawrence, March 8, 1905. Action by Arthur Buffalo against C. D. Goodrum and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. Arthur Buffalo, a minor Quapaw Indian, brought suit in ejectment against C. I). Goodrum and his tenants for the possession of two tracts of land in the Quapaw reservation, Ind. Ter. Goodrum in his answer in both cases claims title as follows: On September 26, 1896, the lands were conveyed by patent from the United States to John Medicine and Mary Joseph,…
1Opinion of the CourtClayton, J.
As to the first proposition, the plaintiffs in error practically concede their position is not tenable. Act Cong. March 2, 1895, providing for the allotment of lands of the Quapaws (chapter 188, 28 Stat. 907), uses the following language: “That said allotments shall be inalienable for a period of 25 years from and after the date of said patents.” The patents issued to the original allottees in this case in the year 1896 contain the following limitations: “But with the stipulation and limitation contained in the aforesaid act, that the land embraced in this patent shall be inalienable for the…
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