Legal Opinion
Adams v. Osage Tribe of Indians
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 27, 1932No. Nos. 573, 635-637PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
Three of these suits (Nos. 573, 636, and 637) were brought by individual owners of Osage surplus allotments selected pursuant to the provisions of the Act of Juno 28, 1906 (34 Stat. 539). They are class suits and purport to speak for original allottees and their grantees, and assert ownership in themselves severally to the oil, gas, coal, and other minerals under their allotments on and after April 8, 1931. Hence they pray that their titles to the minerals underlying their land be quieted and all adverse claims thereto made of record or otherwise be removed by decree. The…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Gritts v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Marvin v. . Brewster Iron Mining Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Snoddy v. BolenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Bodcaw Lumber Co. v. GoodeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
- Taylor v. TayrienCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. HollowbreastDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1972
- The Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. Northern Cheyenne Class of Allottees, Heirs and Devisees, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. Elva L. Littlechief Williamson and James Bowen, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. Myron L. LittlebirdCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. Northern Cheyenne Class of AllotteesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974