Show alien not entitled to damages washington jan 13 the supreme court of the united states today rendered its first becis decision I 1 on in the indian depredation claims now before it in the shape ot of appeals from the court of claims the case passed upon today was that ot of B D K johnson who claims to have lost property through depredations of the utes of colorado and utah and the opinion was handed down by justice brewer the opinion did not enter into the abstract questions involved in the case but the decision was rendered against johnson on the ground that he was not a citizen ot of the united states at the time the property we was lost which was held to be a sufficient bar notwithstanding he atter after d took out papers |