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BAILESS v. PAUKUNE

No. 242.

344 U.S. 171 (1952)

73 S.Ct. 198

97 L.Ed. 197

BAILESS, COUNTY TREASURER, ET AL. v. PAUKUNE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 8, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. L. Lawrence and R. F. Barry submitted on brief for petitioners.

Reford Bond, Jr. submitted on brief for respondent.

Acting Solicitor General Stern filed a memorandum for the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting petitioners.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1901 an Apache Indian, Paukune, was issued a trust patent to land in Caddo County, Oklahoma. This allotment was made under the General Allotment Act of February 8, 1887, 24 Stat. 388, 389.1 Paukune died testate in 1919, leaving a wife Juana and a son Jose. By his will he devised an undivided one-third interest in the allotment to his widow...

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