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SWEET v. SCHOCK

No. 52.

245 U.S. 192 (1917)

38 S.Ct. 101

62 L.Ed. 237

SWEET ET AL. v. SCHOCK, TREASURER OF OKMULGEE COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis W. Clements, with whom Mr. Herbert E. Smith, Mr. Wellington Lee Merwine, Mr. John L. Newhouse, Mr. Grant Foreman and Mr. James D. Simms were on the briefs, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. S.P. Freeling, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, with whom Mr. Smith C. Matson and Mr. R.E. Wood, Assistant Attorneys General of the State of Oklahoma, and Mr. R.E. Simpson were on the brief, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Error to review a judgment of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma sustaining the taxation of lands which were allotted to a Creek freedwoman under § 16 of the Allotment Act. 32 Stat. 500, c. 1323.

The suit was instituted by plaintiffs in error in the District Court of Okmulgee County to enjoin defendant in error, as treasurer of the county, from selling the lands...

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