United States v. Board of County Commissioners

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

This suit was broug-ht to restrain the collection of state, county and other taxes levied on lands of non-competent Osage Indians in Osage County, Oklahoma, for the years 1910 to 1917, both inclusive, a.nd to enjoin sales of those lands for taxes and issuance of tax deeds. The bill was filed in September, 1917. As ground for the relief sought it alleged that the taxes were unfair, discriminatory and excessive because the tax officials of that county, in making assessments for each year, had systematically, intentionally, arbitrarily and capriciously over-valued those…