United States v. Comet Oil & Gas Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Oklahoma
At Law. Action by the United States against the Comet Oil & Gas Company and the Federal Union Surety Company. On demurrer to petition.
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, District Judge.
The United States brings this action against thp Comet Oil & Gas Company and the Federal Union Surety Company, principal and surety, respectively, on a bond for the faithful performance on the part of the oil company of the terms of a certain oil lease entered into between George Wolf, a full-blood Creek Indian as lessor, and the said oil company as lessee, on April 18, 1907, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Section 19 of the Act of April 26, 1906 (chapter 1876, 34 Stat. 144), which restricts the alienation of the lands of full-blood Indians of the…
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