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GARFIELD v. U.S. EX REL. GOLDSBY

No. 248.

211 U.S. 249 (1908)

29 S.Ct. 62

53 L.Ed. 168

GARFIELD, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. UNITED STATES ex rel. GOLDSBY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1908.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Fowler, with whom Mr. William R. Harr was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Charles H. Merillat, with whom Mr. Charles J. Kappler and Mr. James K. Jones were on the brief, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for a writ of mandamus against the Secretary of the Interior in his official capacity, to require him to erase certain marks and notations theretofore made by his predecessor in office upon the rolls, striking therefrom the name of the relator Goldsby as an approved member of the Chickasaw Nation, and...

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