United States ex rel. Pierce v. Waldow

HAZED, District Judge.

The return of the sheriff substantially shows that one Patterson, a Seneca Indian of full blood, residing on the Cattaraugus Indian reservation, in this district, died possessed of houses and lands situate on the reservation. I-Iis widow, who is a white woman, and to whom he was married in July, 1899, by a justice of the peace of Perrysburg, and several children, his heirs at law and next of kin, survive him. He left a last will and testament, naming Alice Patterson executrix, which was admitted to probate by the surrogate of Erie county, and letters testamentary…