Cochran v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Robert E. Williams, Judge. Action at law by the United States against W. G. Cochran. Judgment for the United States, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MUNGER, District Judge.
This proceeding in error challenges a judgment in favor of the plaintiff below in an action of replevin. A written stipulation waived trial by jury and set forth the agreed facts. The property involved is a team of mules. The questions as to the ownership and right of possession arise in this way:
Eliza Wolfe was a full-blood Cherokee Indian, duly enrolled. She had not received an allotment from the tribal lands, although she was entitled to one, because there was not sufficient land belonging to the tribe to give an allotment of land to each member. By section 2 of the…
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- United States v. LawCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1918
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- BOHLEN v. ARTHURS & OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Dixwell v. JonesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1873
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- United States v. O'GormanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923