Williams v. United States

Eighth Circuit

Williams v. United States

220 F. 1007, 135 C.C.A. 666, 1915 U.S. App. LEXIS 2554

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit·Decided March 8, 1915·No. No. 4272·Published

Opinion

AMIDON, District Judge.

This is a suit brought by the United States to cancel a power of attorney executed by a full-blood Choctaw Indian. The power of attorney is identical, in its provisions and the persons named as agents, with the instrument that was involved in Williams v. White et al., 218 Fed. 797, 134 C. C. A. 485, decided by this court November 10, 1914. The trial court held the instrument to be void. The decision is affirmed on the authority of the case referred to.

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AMIDON, District Judge.

This is a suit brought by the United States to cancel a power of attorney executed by a full-blood Choctaw Indian. The power of attorney is identical, in its provisions and the persons named as agents, with the instrument that was involved in Williams v. White et al., 218 Fed. 797, 134 C. C. A. 485, decided by this court November 10, 1914. The trial court held the instrument to be void. The decision is affirmed on the authority of the case referred to.

Williams v. United States, 220 F. 1007, 135 C.C.A. 666, 1915 U.S. App. LEXIS 2554 (8th Cir. 1915).

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