Roff v. Burney

Citations

• 168 U.S. 218
• 18 S. Ct. 60
• 42 L. Ed. 442
• 1897 U.S. LEXIS 1718

Syllabus

<p>A right of citizenship in an Indian Nation, conferred by an act of its legislature, can be withdrawn by a subsequent act; and this rule applies to citizenship created by marriage with such a citizen.</p> <p>Whether any rights of property could be taken away by such subsequent act, is not considered or decided.</p>