Allottee
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 233 U.S. 269 - Franklin v. Lynch · 1914Most cited · 40 citing opinions
capacity to convey expectancy
When she applied to be enrolled as a citizen of the Choctaw Nation she, ipso facto, subjected herself to the restriction upon alienation of Indian land imposed upon all members of the tribe. All who dealt with her, as to land thereafter allotted to her, were charged with knowledge that the act of 1902 declared that such land should not be affected by any contract made before allotment. The deed of 1905 was therefore a nullity, and did not estop her or her assigns from showing that it had been made in direct violation of the statute.
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