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REX v. UNITED STATES

No. 126.

251 U.S. 382 (1920)

40 S.Ct. 181

64 L.Ed. 318

REX, ADMINISTRATRIX OF IVIE, v. UNITED STATES AND UTE INDIANS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 26, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry Peyton for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Davis, with whom Mr. Geo. T. Stormont was on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims dismissing the appellant's petition upon demurrer. The claim is for depredations committed on June 10, 1866, by a band of the Ute tribe of Indians, known as Black Hawk's band. The Act of March 3, 1891, c. 538, § 1, 26 Stat. 851, gave jurisdiction to the Court of Claims over all claims for property of citizens taken or destroyed by Indians belonging...

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