Legal Opinion

Harris v. Bell

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 15, 1920No. 51PublishedCited by 47 opinions

APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter

By this suit certain conveyances of lands allotted in the name and right of a Creek Indian after his death were assailed, and their cancellation sought, by the heirs who made them. On the final hearing the District Court upheld two of the conveyances, 235 Fed. Rep. 626, and that decree was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 250 Fed. Rep. 209. The present appeal is by, the heirs.

The circumstances to be considered are as follows: By the Act of March 1,1901, c. 676, 31 Stat. 861, as modified by the Act of June 30, 1902, c. 1323, 32 Stat. 500, provision was made for the allotment and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Mullen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Brader v. JamesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  3. Pickering v. LomaxSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. Lykins v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  5. Skelton v. DillSupreme Court of the United States · 1914

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. United States v. HellardSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Yankee Network, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
  3. United States v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
  4. Larkin v. PaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  5. Tiger v. DrumrightSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923

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