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JEFFERSON v. FINK

No. 242.

247 U.S. 288 (1918)

38 S.Ct. 516

62 L.Ed. 1117

JEFERSON ET AL. v. FINK ET AL., ADMINISTRATORS OF SEVERS, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John T. Hays and Mr. James M. Hays for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. George S. Ramsey, with whom Mr. N.A. Gibson, Mr. Joseph L. Hull, Mr. Edward H. Chandler, Mr. Farrar L. McCain, Mr. Edgar A. de Meules, Mr. Malcolm E. Rosser, Mr. Villard Martin and Mr. J. Berry King were on the brief, for defendants in error.

Mr. John B. Campbell, by leave of court, filed a brief as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

The title to a Creek allotment is here in controversy. The allotment was made under the Act of March 1, 1901, c. 676, 31 Stat. 861, known as the Original Creek Agreement, and the modifying Act of June 30, 1902, c. 1323, 32 Stat. 500, known as the Supplemental Creek Agreement. In 1903 the usual tribal deeds, approved by the Secretary of the Interior and passing the full title, were issued to the allottee...

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