United States v. Board of Com'rs

FRANKLIN E. KENNAMER, District Judge.

The United States of America, on behalf of numerous Osage Indians, has instituted six different suits, wherein the Government seeks to recover for said Indians taxes paid on real estate in Osage County, Oklahoma, for the year 1936. There are two hundred twenty nine causes of action involved in the six suits, and the total sum sought to be recovered is twenty eight thousand one hundred forty five & 80/100 dollars ($28,145.80) in taxes paid. The real estate on which the taxes were paid under protest, is land and town property, both residence and business.

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