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INDIAN OIL CO. v. OKLAHOMA

No. 283.

240 U.S. 522 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 453

60 L.Ed. 779

INDIAN TERRITORY ILLUMINATING OIL COMPANY v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 3, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Preston C. West, with whom Mr. John H. Brennan was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. S.P. Freeling, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, Mr. John B. Harrison and Mr. J.H. Miley for defendants in error, submitted.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

The question in the case is whether a certain assignment of a lease and rights thereunder made by the Osage Tribe of Indians, which lease conferred the privilege of prospecting, drilling wells and mining and producing petroleum and natural gas upon lands in Oklahoma Territory, are subject to a tax assessed under the laws of Oklahoma as the property of plaintiff in error...

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