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McCOY v. SHAW

No. 403.

277 U.S. 302 (1928)

48 S.Ct. 519

72 L.Ed. 891

McCOY v. SHAW, STATE AUDITOR, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Robert M. Rainey, Streeter B. Flynn, Calvin Jones and Jay W. Whitney were on the brief for petitioner.

Messrs. Edwin Dabney, Attorney General of Oklahoma, and V.P. Crowe, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

McCOY, the petitioner, a Chickasaw Indian of one-fourth blood, brought this suit in equity in a state court of Oklahoma to enjoin the collection of a gross production tax on his one-eighth royalty interest in the oil produced under a lease of lands patented to him as his homestead and surplus allotments from which all restrictions on alienation and incumbrance had been...

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