Supreme Court of the United States April 29, 1912, 405 (Goat v. United States)

Mr. Justice Hughes

delivered the opinion of the court.

The question presented by this appeal is with respect to the right of Seminole freedmen to convey the lands allotted to them in severalty pursuant to the act of July 1, 1898, c. 542, 30 Stat. 567. The United States sued to cancel conveyances alleged to have been made contrary to the statute.