272 F. 684 | 8th Cir. | 1921
The land was allotted in 1902 to Reuben Wolf, an Indian member of the Omaha Tribe, and a trust patent was issued, which provided-that the United States would hold the land for a specified period (not yet expired) for the use and benefit of the allottee, or, in case of his death, of his heirs according to the Nebraska laws. The allotee having- died in 1899 the Secretary of the Interior determined that certain persons were his heirs, and that their interests as such were subject to a life estate in Rose Wolf Seller, the widow. The Secretary had jurisdiction to determine the heirship and his finding was final and conclusive. 36 Stat. 855; Dixon v. Cox, 268 Fed. 285 (8th C. C. A.). The widow leased the land, to a person named and the lease was- approved under rules prescribed by the Secretary upon the authority of the statute cited.
The order is affirmed.