The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-08

renship Court, Sitting at South
MeAiester, December Term,
1902.
The Chocsaw and ChicBasaw Nations, |
or tribes Of Indians, plaintiffs.
Versus
j. T. Riddle
ID. S Riddle.
l.. A. Riddle.
Elizabeth Casey,
Joshua Casey.
Andrew b. lin.
l.. T. Hill,
james w Balthrop.
T. ID. Arnold and
John II. Bratcher.
for themselves and os representa-
tives of all persons similarly situ-
ated, claiming to be members Of the
Choctaw or Chickasaw Nations or
tribes of Indians. by virtue OF al
legged DEGREES of the United states
court for the Central and Southern
districts OF the Indian Territory,
sitting respectively at South Nc
Alester and Ardmore. and common
ly known as Court Claimants" de-
PENDANTS.
The President Of the United States:
To J. T. Riddle. d. S. Riddle, l.. A.
Riddle, Elizabeth Casey, Joshua
Casey, Andrew b. Hill. |. T. Hill.
James w. BaltErop, T. d. Arnold and
John II. Bratcher and all persons not
made defendants. by name in the
above entitled action, but similarly
situated to the ten persons named as
defendants, as representatives. OF the
entire class of persons go situated,
and claiming TO be members OF the
Choctaw or Chickasaw Nations or
tribes of Indians, by virtue Of al
leged decrees of the United States
court for the Central ana Southern
districts of the Indian Territory, sit
ting respectively at South McAlester
and Ardmore, and commcnly known
as Court Claimants" You are
hereby warned to appear ia this count
on the first Monday In December.
1902, the same being the first day of
December, 1902, and answer bin in
equity filed by the plaintiffs. the Choc.
taw and Chickasaw Nations or tribes
of Indians.
The nature Of said bill is that the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations OF
tribes of Indians own their lands in
common, so that each and every mem
ber of either tribe shall have an
equal, undivided interest In the whole
that the United States court for the
Central and Southern districts Of the
Indian Territory, sitting respectively
at South McAlester and Ardmore, ant
proceeding under the act Of congress-
approved June tenth, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six, upon ap
peal from the Commission to the Five
Civilized Tribes, rendered alleged de
crees purporting to admit severa
thousand persons to citizenship or tC
enrC llment as such citizens in thu
Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, re
spectively, without notice of sucl
proceedings having been given to eacl
OF said Nations that such notice wa
Indispensable, and that judgments ar,
therefore void; and also that sucl
proceedings should have been con
fined to a review of the action of th'
Commission to the Five Civilized
Tribes, upon the papers and evidenc,
submitted to such Commissions, ant
should not have extended to a tria
de noyo of the question of citizenship
that such proceedings are. for tina
reason, illegal, and that all of sal,
judgments are therefore void; an,
also that If said judgments are en-
forced property of the tribes of tn
value of many millions OF dollars will
be taken, and the snare of eacl
member of either tribe will b
thereby proportionately diminished
and that the plaintiffs have no adC
quate remedy at law.
The prayer Of said bill is that al
of said judgments be annulled an
vacated, and that all of said proceed
ings in the trial Of said cases de move
upon appeal from said Commission 3
the Five Civilized Tribes, be declare
null and void.
Witness, the Honorables Spencer L
Adams, Chief Judge. and Henry S
} Foote and Walter l.. Weaver, assC
: ciate judges of said court and tn
seal thereof, at South McAlester, II
dian Territory, this twentv-sixth da