McCauley v. Tyndall

Albert, C.

In the case of Porter v. Parker, ante, page 338, it was held that the allottee of lands in severalty, pursuant to an act of congress entitled, “An act to provide for the sale of a part of the reservation of the Omaha tribe of Indians in the state of Nebraska and for other purposes,” approved August 7, 1882, is seized of an equitable estate in fee which, upon his death before the issuance of a final *686patent therefor by the United States, descends to his heirs at laAV, according to the laAvs of inheritance of this state. In that case the allottee died intestate before the final patent…