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PRIVETT v. UNITED STATES

No. 236.

256 U.S. 201 (1921)

41 S.Ct. 455

65 L.Ed. 889

PRIVETT ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 18, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Preston C. West, with whom Mr. A.A. Davidson was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Garnett, with whom Mr. H.L. Underwood, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was on the brief, for appellees.

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

The United States brought this suit to cancel conveyances made by the heirs of a Creek Indian of land allotted to him as a homestead out of the Creek tribal lands. After answer and hearing the District Court granted the relief sought and the Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decree. 261 Fed. Rep. 351.

The allottee was an Indian of the half blood and died intestate in 1911 leaving as his heirs...

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