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CHEROKEE NATION v. UNITED STATES

No. 198.

270 U.S. 476 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 428

70 L.Ed. 694

CHEROKEE NATION v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 12, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank K. Nebeker, with whom Messrs. Frank J. Boudinot, C.C. Calhoun, Wilfred Hearn, and Leslie C. Garnett were on the brief, for appellant.

Assistant Attorney General Galloway, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell was on the brief, for the United States.

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

In 1906, this Court affirmed a judgment of the Court of Claims for the principal of and the interest on four amounts due from the United States to the Cherokee Nation. Cherokee Nation v. United States, 202 U.S. 101; s.c. 40 Ct. Cls. 252. The interest allowed in the judgment was five per cent. on the four claims from the...

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