Legal Opinion

Barnett v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided March 23, 1936No. 7962PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree in equity in an action brought by the United States to recover from Anna Laura Barnett and the other defendants, who have not appealed, such portion of the sum of $550,000 as was given to her by the Secretary of the Interior from funds of an Indian derived from royalties from an oil lease on real estate allotted to the Indian in the state of Oklahoma.

The appellants filed eleven assignments of error. The first was that the court erred in denying the motion of defendant Anna Laura Barnett to dismiss the amended bill of complaint. The third…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. In Re BurrusSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Haddock v. HaddockSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  3. Barber v. Barber Ex Rel. CronkhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1859
  4. Bell v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  5. Simms v. SimmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1899

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Scott v. BeamsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941
  2. United States v. Anglin & StevensonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
  3. Spindel v. SpindelDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1968
  4. McCarty v. HollisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941
  5. Board of Com'rs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1943

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