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FIRST MOON v. WHITE TAIL

No. 191.

270 U.S. 243 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 246

70 L.Ed. 565

FIRST MOON v. WHITE TAIL AND UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. L.A. Maris, with whom Mr. E. Barrett Prettyman was on the brief, for appellant.

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

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant seeks to establish an interest in certain lands allotted to Little Soldier, a Ponca Indian, under the General Allotment Act of 1887, c. 119, 24 Stat. 388, as amended by the Act of 1891, c. 383, 26 Stat. 794. Trust patents were issued therefor in 1895, and he died March 1, 1919. It appears from the bill that the Secretary of the Interior after due consideration...

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