Mullen v. Pickens

Citations

• 250 U.S. 590
• 40 S. Ct. 31
• 63 L. Ed. 1158
• 1919 U.S. LEXIS 1780

Syllabus

<p>Under the Choctaw and Chickasaw Supplemental Agreement (Act of' July 1, 1902, c. 1362, 32 Stat. 641,) the heirs of a deceased Indian acquire no vendible interest, before selection, in land that may be allotted in his name for their benefit under § 22; and their warranty deed cannot operate, by'estoppel.or otherwise, to convey land selected and allotted after it was made. P. 592. Franklin v. Lynch, 233 U. S. 269, followed. Mullen v. United States, 224 U. S. -448; Doe v. Wilson, 23 How. 457'; Jones v. Meehan, 175 U. S. 1, distinguished.</p> <p>So held where the lands claimed were selected and allotted in lieu of other lands, described in the deeds, which had been selected before the deeds were made but were afterwards allotted to other selectors.</p>