Legal Opinion
Board of County Com'rs of Marshall v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 20, 1945No. 3199PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
Houston Ward, a full-blood Chickasaw Indian, Roll No. 2922, received an allotment of 224.25 acres of land in Marshall County, Oklahoma. Of this, 94.25 acres constituted his homestead allotment and 130 acres his surplus allotment. Prior to 1928, he had sold 120 acres of the surplus with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. Thus, when the Act of May 10, 1928, 45 Stat. 495, became effective, Ward held title to 94.25 acres, his homestead allotment, and to ten acres of his surplus allotment.
Section 4 of the Act of May 10, 1928, provided that on and after April 26,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Choate v. TrappSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- United States v. RickertSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Hudson v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Marcy v. Board of Commissioners of Seminole CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- United States v. ShockU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Oklahoma · 1911
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Dyer v. Kazuhisa AbeDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1956
- Bridges v. StickDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1952
- United States v. Board of County Commissioners of McIntosh CountyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1946
- Colbert v. RoodhouseSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954
- Colbert v. RoodhouseSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954
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