United States v. Meadors

RICE, District Judge.

Jonas Hawkins, a fullblood member of the Creek Tribe of Indians, died July 14, 1933, a resident of Hughes County, State of Oklahoma, while possessed of a portion of his allotted lands involved in this suit. Said lands had during his life time been certified as tax-exempt pursuant to the provisions of the Act of May 10, 1928, 45 Stat. 495, and under the provisions of Section 1 of the Act of January 27, 1933, 47 Stat. 777, 25 U.S.C.A. § 355 note, said lands remained restricted and tax-exempt in the hands of “restricted Indians” heirs.

The deceased left surviving him as his…