United States v. Allen
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. These were seventeen suits in equity by the United States against James P. Allen and others, N. E. Patterson and others, Charles E. McPherren and others, E. B. Severs and others, Wilson Bruton and others, Norman Pruitt and others, James Jefferson and others, J. J. Creamer and others, Felix R. Phillips and others, J. M. Dickenson and others, James P. Allen and others, Walter F. Nichols…
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Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. These were seventeen suits in equity by the United States against James P. Allen and others, N. E. Patterson and others, Charles E. McPherren and others, E. B. Severs and others, Wilson Bruton and others, Norman Pruitt and others, James Jefferson and others, J. J. Creamer and others, Felix R. Phillips and others, J. M. Dickenson and others, James P. Allen and others, Walter F. Nichols and others, John F. McClellan and others, Alfred F. Goat and'others, George C. Crump and others, C. J. Benson and others,…
1Opinion of the Court
AMIDON, District Judge.
The lands of the Five Civilized Tribes were allotted in severalty to their members, subject to express restrictions against their alienation for specified periods of time. The bills in these suits charge that many thousand conveyances have been made in violation of those restrictions, and the suits have been brought by the United States to have some 4,000 of these conveyances declared to be void and canceled of record. The restrictions against alienation arise out of numerous statutes and treaties, and vary according to such matters as the amount of Indian blood of the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- In Re DebsSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Shields v. BarrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Waterman v. Canal-Louisiana Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- United States v. RickertSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- United States v. CelestineSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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