Parr v. Colfax
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the CirciW Court of the United States for the District of Oregon. ' Suit by Maggie Ellen Parr and others against Eouise Colfax. Judg-. ment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
Isaac Gober, an Indian of mixed blood, was allotted 80 acres of the land of the Umatilla Indian reservation, and his allotment was approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on April 12, 1893. The allotment was made under the act of Congress, approved March 3, 1885 (chapter 319, 23 Stats. 340). In the year 1895, while Gober was residing upon the Umatilla reservation, he was married after the Indian custom to Louise Colfax, tlie appellee herein, the said parties to the marriage then and there agreeing with each other, under the laws and customs of the tribes of…
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