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BREWER-ELLIOTT OIL & GAS CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 52.

260 U.S. 77 (1922)

43 S.Ct. 60

67 L.Ed. 140

BREWER-ELLIOTT OIL & GAS COMPANY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 13, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.A. Ledbetter, with whom Mr. Geo. F. Short, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, Mr. S.P. Freeling, Mr. H.L. Stuart, Mr. R.R. Bell and Mr. E.P. Ledbetter were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Riter, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for appellees.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals of the Eighth Circuit affirming that of the District Court for Western Oklahoma. The bill in equity was filed by the United States for itself and as trustee for the Osage Tribe of Indians, against the Brewer-Elliott Oil & Gas Company, and five other such companies, lessees, under oil and gas leases granted by the State of Oklahoma, of portions...

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