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p. 552THE UNITED STATES AND THE CHEROKEE NATION v. HEMPHILL AND MURCHISON. No. 529. Motion to dismiss or affirm. Submitted October 26, 1908. Decided November 2, 1908.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS.Appeal from judgment of the Court of Claims fixing amounts to be paid ■ from an Indian fund dismissed for want of jurisdiction. .
Mr. John J. Hemphill and Mr. Kenneth S. Murchison, the appellees, in support of the motion.
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The Attorney General, Mr. Assistant Attorney General John Q. Thompson, Mr. George M. Anderson and Mr. William W. Hastings, for the appellants, in opposition to the motion.
Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction." 34 Stat. c. 3504, pp. 325,340; Ex parte Atocha, 17 Wall. 439 ; Rev. Stat. § 707.