Legal Opinion
Hallam v. Commerce Mining & Royalty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 27, 1931No. 288PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
Anna Beaver Hallam, hereinafter called Anna Beaver, is a full blood Quapaw Indian. She was allotted a tract of two hundred acres of land in Ottawa county, Oklahoma, under the Act of March 2, 1895 (28 Stat. 876, 907), and on September 26, 1896, received a patent therefor. Under the act just mentioned, such land was inalienable for a period of twenty-five years from the date of patent.
Under the .Act of June 7, 1897 (30 Stat. 62, 72), Quapaw Indians were empowered to lease their lands for mining purposes for a term of ten years. Under the Act of March 3,1909 (35 Stat.…
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