United States v. Lewis
Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory
Appeal from the, United States Court for the Southern District. Hosea Townsend, Judge. Suit in equity by the United States and others against I. O. Lewis and others. Decree in favor of defendants. Complainants appeal. This is an action in equity, brought by the United States, by its attorney, W. B. Johnson, Esq., to enjoin the defendants from mapping off and building a town on Indian lands mentioned in the complaint.
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Appeal from the, United States Court for the Southern District. Hosea Townsend, Judge. Suit in equity by the United States and others against I. O. Lewis and others. Decree in favor of defendants. Complainants appeal. This is an action in equity, brought by the United States, by its attorney, W. B. Johnson, Esq., to enjoin the defendants from mapping off and building a town on Indian lands mentioned in the complaint. The complaint also prays for a penalty of S1,000, each, for the violation of section 2118 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to oust the defendants from the…
1Opinion of the Court
' Claytok, J.
The only question presented for our consideration in this case is, is it lawful for a Chickasaw Indian, in the Chickasaw Nation, to lay off a town and rent lots on his prospective allotment? The latid upon which this town was being built was agricultural land, and was occupied by the defendant Taliaferro as his prospective allotment, and was not more than he and his family were entitled to hold. Section 16 of the Curtis bill (Act June 28, 1898, c. 517, 30 Stat. 501), provides: “That it shall be unlawful for any person, after the passage of this act, except as hereinafter…
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