Legal Opinion
La Motte v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 30, 1919No. Nos. 5099, 5129PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; John H. Cotteral, Judge. ■ Bill by the United States against George G. La Motte and others. From the decree, defendants appeal, and complainant cross-appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, Circuit Judge.
Cross-appeals from an injunction bill brought by the government against George G. and Anna Marx La Motte. The purpose of the bill as revealed in the prayer was to prevent the La Mottes from—
“entering into any lease, of any kind or character, with any incompetent Osage Indian, and by any means or manner, other than that prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; and that they be further restrained and enjoined from using, occupying, and exercising any control, and from assigning and subleasing any lands informally leased or acquired, as aforesaid, from any incompetent…
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