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GARLAND'S HEIRS v. CHOCTAW NATION

Nos. 42, 43.

272 U.S. 728 (1927)

47 S.Ct. 275

71 L.Ed. 494

HEIRS OF SAMUEL GARLAND, DECEASED, v. CHOCTAW NATION. PITCHLYNN ET AL., HEIRS-AT-LAW, v. CHOCTAW NATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry Peyton for appellants, in No. 42.

Messrs. Harry Peyton and Thomas P. Gore for appellants, in No. 43.

Assistant Attorney General Galloway, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell, and Messrs. George T. Stormont, and Hampton Tucker were on the brief, for appellee, in Nos. 42 and 43.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

These causes, although heard separately and upon different records, may be disposed of conveniently by one opinion.

Samuel Garland, Peter P. Pitchlynn and two others were appointed delegates of the Choctaw Nation under an Act of the Legislative Assembly approved November 9, 1853, and charged with the duty of pressing to settlement a claim against the United...

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