Case Name: THE CREEK NATION v. THE UNITED STATES
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1938-05-02
Citations: 87 Ct. Cl. 280
Docket Number: No. F-205
Parties: THE CREEK NATION v. THE UNITED STATES
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 87
Pages: 280–281

Head Matter:
THE CREEK NATION v. THE UNITED STATES
[No. F-205.
Decided May 2, 1938;
defendant’s motion for new trial overruled November 14, 1938]
Mr. Paul M. Niebell for the plaintiff.
Mr. Wilfred Hearn, with whom was Mr. Assistant Attorney General Carl McFarland, for the defendant. Mr. Raymond T. Nagle was on the brief.

Opinion:
CONCLUSION OF LAW
The court decided as a conclusion of law that the plaintiff was entitled to recover $372,816.93, less the counterclaim of the defendant heretofore allowed by the court in the sum of $76,805.51, or a balance of $296,011.42.
It was therefore ordered that the plaintiff recover of and from the United States the sum of two hundred ninety-six thousand eleven dollars and forty two cents ($296,011.42), with interest at 5 per centum per annum, as a part of just compensation, on $136,357.25 from May 2,1938, until paid.