Legal Opinion
United States v. Whitmire
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 13, 1916No. 4699PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Suit by the United States against Albert Whitmire and John O. Greenlees. From a decree for defendants, the United States appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
TRIEBER, District Judge.
Judge Campbell, in his opinion in this case, set out the facts so fully and correctly that we adopt his statement of facts. His statement is:
“On January 25, 1905, defendant Albert Whitmire was a duly enrolled adult freedman citizen of the Cherokee Nation, entitled to an allottable share in tne lands of said tribe. On that date he applied to the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes to have allotted to him certain lands, a portion of which was lot 4 of section 31, township 26 north, range 17 east, the land in controversy in this case. By the act of April 21, 1904, the…
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