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TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT CO.

No. 60.

221 U.S. 286 (1911)

31 S.Ct. 578

55 L.Ed. 738

MARCHIE TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 15, 1911.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.L. Sturdevant, with whom Mr. M.L. Mott and Mr. W.A. Brigham were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. George S. Ramsey and Mr. S.T. Bledsoe, with whom Mr. C.L. Thomas, Mr. L.J. Roach, Mr. Chris. M. Bradley and Mr. R.C. Allen were on the brief, for defendants in error.

Mr. Wade H. Ellis for the United States, by leave of the court.

Mr. S.T. Bledsoe and Mr. Evans Browne, as amici curioe, by leave of the court filed suggestions in support of the contentions of defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves the validity of conveyances made by Marchie Tiger, plaintiff in error, a full-blood Indian of the Creek tribe, to the defendants in error, the Western Investment Company, and Ellis H. Hammett, R.C. Allan and J.C. Pinson, copartners under the name of Coweta Realty Company.

The lands in controversy were located in the Indian Territory, were allotted under certain acts of Congress, to which...

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