Blanset v. Cardin

Citations

• 256 U.S. 319
• 41 S. Ct. 519
• 65 L. Ed. 950
• 1921 U.S. LEXIS 1604

Syllabus

<p>1. The transmission of restricted Indian allotments by will is governed by the Act of June 25, 1910, c. 431, § 2, 36 Stat. 856, amended February 14, 1913, c. 55, 37 Stat. 678, and the regulations thereunder prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. P. 323.</p> <p>2. Oklahoma Code, § 8341, providing that no woman while married shall devise (“bequeath ”) more than two-thirds of her property away from her husband, does not affect a will made by a Quapaw woman and approved by the Secretary after her death, so devising her restricted land. P. 322.</p> <p>261 Fed. Rep. 309, affirmed.</p>