Legal Opinion

Hill v. Rankin

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma

Decided May 24, 1923No. 2712PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILUAMS, District Judge.

As to restricted lands in the Creek Nation, where descent was cast subsequent to the taking effect of Act of May 27, 1908 (35 Stat. 312, c. 199), is such descent affected by the provisos to section 6 of the Act of June 30, 1902 (32 Stat. 500, c. 1323), known as the Supplemental Agreement, which provides that only citizens of the Creek Nation, male and female, and their Creek descendants, shall inherit lands of the Creek Nation, and provided, further, that, if there be no* person of Creek citizenship to take the descent and distribution of said estate, then the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Woodward v. De GraffenriedSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  2. Locke v. McMurryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
  3. McMurry v. Producers' Oil Co.District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1922

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In Re Mosier's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
  2. Tiger v. SlinkerDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1925
  3. Mosier v. JonesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925

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