Legal Opinion
Stanclift v. Fox
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1907No. 2,402PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals in the Indian Territory.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DEVANTER, Circuit Judge.
The controversy presented by the record in this case relates to the title to certain lands in the Creek Nation in the Indian Territory, and grows out of the designation of the exterior limits of a town site, by the Secretary of the Interior, under the following provisions of section 10 of an agreement between the United States and the Creek tribe, which was ratified by Congress March 1, 1901, and' became effective May 25, 1901 (Act March 1, 1901, c. 676, 31 Stat. 861; Proclamation June 25, 1901, 32 Stat. 1971):
“All towns in the Creek Nation having a present…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cragin v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- De Cambra v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Capital Townsite Co. v. FoxCourt Of Appeals Of Indian Territory · 1906
3Cited by2 opinions
- Rainbow v. YoungCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1908
- Cochran v. HockerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912