Sperry Oil & Gas Co. v. Chisholm

The appellees, Webster Chisholm, a half-blood Cherokee Indian, and his wife, brought this suit in a state court of Oklahoma to cancel a supplemental instrument modifying and extending an oil and gas lease previously executed by him upon his “ homestead ” and “ surplus ” allotments of tribal lands. It was removed to the Federal District Court. That court, upon final hearing, entered a decree adjudging this instrument to be entirely null and void, and enjoining interference with the plaintiffs’ possession of the premises. This decree was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 282 Fed. 93. An…