Shulthis v. McDougal
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the determination of the question of finality of judgments of the Circuit Court of Appeals under the act of 1891, in a suit brought to determine conflicting rights to a tract of land in the Creek Nation, are stated in the opinion. This court has jurisdiction.
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APPEALS PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the determination of the question of finality of judgments of the Circuit Court of Appeals under the act of 1891, in a suit brought to determine conflicting rights to a tract of land in the Creek Nation, are stated in the opinion. This court has jurisdiction. The effect of the patent issued to the lessor of appellant, by the United States and the Creek Nation, requires an interpretation of § 7 of the act of June 30, 1902, 32 St. L. 500, and necessarily presents a Federal question. McGilvra v. Ross, 215…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
These are appeals from decrees of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirming a decree of the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma dismissing on the merits a bill in equity, as also a petition in intervention, brought to determine conflicting claims to a tract of allotted land in the Creek Nation. The allegations of the bill may be summarized as follows:
The complainant, Shulthis, is a citizen of Kansas. One of the defendants, the Kiefer Oil and Gas Company, is a corporation organized in' the Indian Territory under the Arkansas statutes which were put in force…
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