Supreme Court of the United States December 7, 1936, 37 (British-American Oil Producing Co. v. Board of Equalization of Mont.)

Mr. Justice Van Devanter

delivered the opinion of the Court.

A judgment of the Supreme Court of Montana sustaining state taxes on the production of oil and gas under a lease covering such minerals in certain lands of the Blackfeet Indians (101 Mont. 293; 54 P. (2d) 129) is here under review.

These Indians are wards of the United States and have been occupying a reservation in Montana.