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196 F. 1007

Docket No. 3,612.

Wright v. United States

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided May 6, 1912.)

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1912-05-06

<p>Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently July 1912

1 federal appellate ·

1 counsel of record

Relies on United States v. Allen · Goodrum v. Buffalo · Bowling v. United States

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Decided 1912-05-06

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¶1Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

¶2L. C. Brown (C. T. Atkinson, on the brief), for appellants. Paul A. Ewert, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for the United States.

¶3Before SANBORN, HOOK, and ADAMS, Circuit Judges.

¶4HOOK, Circuit Judge.

¶5This is a suit by the United States to cancel conveyances of lands in Oklahoma allotted to a Quapaw Indian, upon the ground that they are contrary to the restriction against alienation prescribed by act of Congress. Defendants claim under a deed from the widow of the allottee. The Circuit Court gave a decree for complainant and defendants appealed. Three questions are presented: Has Jhe United States the right to maintain the suit? Does the restriction against alienation run with the land and therefore affect the heirs of an allottee? Was the widow an indispensable party to the suit? Answers to all these questions adverse to the contentions of defendants have been given by this court. United States v. Allen, 103 C. C. A. 1, 179 Fed. 13; Goodrum v. Buffalo. 89 C. C. A. 525, 162 Fed. 817; Bowling v. United States, 111 C. C. A. 561, 191 Fed. 19. Affirmed.

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