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THE UNITED STATES AND THE CHEROKEE NATION v. HEMPHILL AND MURCHISON

212 U.S. 552·Supreme Court of the United States·1908

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THE UNITED STATES AND THE CHEROKEE NATION v. HEMPHILL AND MURCHISON. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. No. 529. Motion to dismiss or affirm. Submitted October 26, 1908. Decided November 2, 1908. Appeal from judgment of the Court of Claims fixing amounts to be paid ■ from an Indian fund dismissed for want of jurisdiction. . Mr. John J. Hemphill and Mr. Kenneth S. Murchison, the appellees, in support of the motion. The Attorney General, Mr. Assistant Attorney General John Q. Thompson, Mr. George M. Anderson and Mr. William W. Hastings, for the appellants, in opposition to the motion. [MAJORITY — Per Curiam:] Per Curiam: Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction." 34 Stat. c. 3504, pp. 325,340; Ex parte Atocha, 17 Wall. 439; Rev. Stat. § 707.