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GARFIELD v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX REL. RICE
31 App. D.C. 234·Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia·1908·DC
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Opinion
GARFIELD v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX REL. RICE.
Garfield v. United States, 30 App. D. C. 177, applied and followed.
No. 1870.
Submitted April 7, 1908.
Decided April 8, 1908.
Hearing on an appeal by the respondent from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia directing the issuance of the writ of mandamus to the Secretary of the Interior commanding him to restore the name of the relator to the rolls of members or citizenship of the Chickasaw Tribe or Nation.
Affirmed.
Mr. Edward T. Sanford, Assistant Attorney General and Mr. William B. Harr, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, for tbe appellant.
Messrs. Kappler & Merillat for tbe appellee.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
Per Curiam:
This case is similar in all substantial respects to that of Garfield v. United States, 30 App. D. C. 177, and, for the reasons given in tbe opinion in that case, must be affirmed with costs.
A writ of error to the Supreme Court of tbe United States was allowed April 10, 1908.