Childers v. Beaver, 270 U.S. 555 (1926)

Name: Childers v. Beaver, 270 U.S. 555 (1926) - Syllabus
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Childers v. Beaver

No. 202

Argued March 9, 1926
Decided April 12, 1926
270 U.S. 555

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA

Syllabus

1. Transfer by descent from one tribal Indian to another of land allotted and patented by the United States to the ancestor with a prohibition against alienation is not taxable by the state where the land lies during the restriction on the title. P. 558.

2. Inheritance in such cases is under the acts of Congress, by which heirs are determined by the Secretary of the Interior, the state law being adopted as the expression of the will of Congress. P. 559.

300 F. 113 affirmed.

Appeal from a decree of the district court restraining the appellant, Auditor of the Oklahoma, from attempting to collect state inheritance taxes by recourse to appellees’ lands.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Childers v. Beaver, 270 U.S. 555 (1926) in 270 U.S. 555 270 U.S. 556–270 U.S. 558. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=A84653WBE5KDENZ.

MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Childers v. Beaver, 270 U.S. 555 (1926), in 270 U.S. 555, pp. 270 U.S. 556–270 U.S. 558. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=A84653WBE5KDENZ.

Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Childers v. Beaver, 270 U.S. 555 (1926). cited in 1926, 270 U.S. 555, pp.270 U.S. 556–270 U.S. 558. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=A84653WBE5KDENZ.

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