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KIRBY v. UNITED STATES

No. 126.

260 U.S. 423 (1922)

43 S.Ct. 144

67 L.Ed. 329

KIRBY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CROW TRIBE OF INDIANS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 11, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. M.S. Gunn and Mr. Edgar Allen Poe, with whom Mr. Carl Rasch, Mr. E.M. Hall, Mr. O. King Grimstad and Mr. Rockwood Brown were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Seymour, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Robert P. Reeder, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for the United States.

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

With the approval of the Secretary of the Interior certain lands of the Crow Tribe of Indians in Montana were leased to George B. Kirby and Charles McDaniels for the grazing of cattle for two years beginning February 1, 1916. A bond, in which the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company joined as surety, was given by the lessees for the faithful performance of their obligations. The lease required them...

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