Harris v. Bell
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Suit by Annie Harris, formerly Annie Francis, and others, against Harry H. Bell and others. From a decree for defendants (235 Fed. 626), complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This case presents many questions. The first is the character and extent of the restrictions on the alienation of 160 acres of land, which was formerly the property of the Creek Tribe, and was, on December 4, 1907, allotted by the Dawes Commission in the name of Freeland Francis, a new-born full-blood Creek Indian, who was born on April 30, 1903, was enrolled on June 10, 1905, and died on June 22, 1905. The right of Freeland Francis to an allotment, and to the land when allotted, descended under the Creek Agreements and the acts of Congress to his mother, Annie Francis…
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