Hardy v. Deskins

This action was commenced by defendant in error to compel the plaintiffs in error to assign an interest in a departmental oil and gas lease to defendant in error. The parties ■ will be referred to as plaintiff and defendants, as they appeared in the court below. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, and defendants have appealed.

'The defendants procured a departmental oil and gas lease on the lands of Janie Arkansas, a full-blood Mississippi Choctaw Indian. Under the rules and regulations of the Department of the Interior relative to assignments of departmental leases, it is provided:

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