Kendall v. Ewert

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Appéals, dismissing an appeal from a decree by the District Court which dismissed the petition, in a suit in which it was prayed that appellee, Paul A. Ewert, should be decreed to hold in trust for George Redeagle the title to 100 acres of restricted and very valuable Indian lands, which Redeagle, a full-blood. Quapaw Indian, had, in form, deeded, in 1909, to Franklin M. Smith, w ao, a year later, conveyed the same to Ewert. It was alleged that Smith in bidding upon the land acted as the agent of Ewert who, it was averred, was legally…