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117 U.S. 288 (1886)

6 S.Ct. 718

29 L.Ed. 880

THE CHEROKEE TRUST FUNDS. EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS, v. UNITED STATES AND CHEROKEE NATION, COMMONLY CALLED CHEROKEE NATION WEST.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Maury on behalf of the United States

Mr. Samuel Shellabarger and Mr. Jeremiah M. Wilson for appellants (Mr. Samuel J. Crawford and Mr. J.H. Gillpatrick were also on the brief, and Mr. W.T. Curtis was with them),

Mr. S.S. Burdett and Mr. William A. Phillips for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes before us on appeal from the Court of Claims. It was brought to determine the right of the petitioners, called the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, to a proportionate part of two funds held by the United States in trust for the Cherokee Nation. One of the funds was created by the treaty with the Nation made December 29, 1835, at New Echota, in Georgia, commuting certain annuities into the sum...

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