| Show IMPORTANT DECISION IN REGARD TO ALLOTTED LANDS chicago sept 23 A dispatch to the chicago tribune from I 1 T says judge C W Ka ymond of the united states district court holds that deeds of conveyance of allotted lands made without the approval of the secretary of tho interior arc void the complainant in thin cae is one of alio llio united states for lh indian territory and is seeking to enjoin the united states indian agent from placing the in f the lands which ho claims to have bought from him and on the conveyance ho has advanced and pent the complainant sought a decree of court authorizing him to bold possession of the premises until such time at the rent from the should equal the amount lie had expended upon the land in the event that the deed should be all Bol void the court refused a de cree and decided that to grant n dearen would b to nullify mery provi ion of congress against alte alienation if indian land for tho reabon that if buch were the law then the united states citi rould taft plain letter of tho law with impunity because 1 he won not bo loser even it alie indian should to recover of the land h having a krisht to hold it until the rent should reimburse him for iho amount he had laid out |
