United States v. Reynolds - 250 U.S. 104 (1919)
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U.S. Supreme Court
United States v. Reynolds, 250 U.S. 104 (1919)
United States v. Reynolds
No. 591
Argued March 4, 5, 1919
Decided May 19, 1919
250 U.S. 104
Syllabus
Under the Allotment Act of February 8, 1887, § 5, c. 119, 24 Stat. 388, the twenty-five year trust period, with the attendant restriction upon the right of alienation, runs from the date of the trust patent, and not from the date of the approval of the allotment by the Secretary of the Interior, and an attempt to convey, made by an heir of the allottee within that period as extended by the President before its expiration is void. P. 250 U. S. 107.
252 F. 65 reversed.
The case is stated in the opinion.
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