United States ex rel. Detling v. Work
Opinion of the Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia denying appellant’s petition for mandamus to direct the Secretary of the Interior to pay appellant alleged accrued annuities under the Act of January 14, 1889, 25 Stat. 642.
The Secretary has found that plaintiff, is not a Chippewa Indian, within the meaning of the act of 1889. It is.apparent, from the somewhat meager statment of facts, that this was a question the Secretary was called upon to determine. The mere fact that plaintiff’s “personal status is approximately one-fourth degree Chippewa Indian” is not, of itself, conclusive, and the record fails to disclose any basis for the contention that the decision of the Secretary was either arbitrary or capricious.
For the reasons set forth in our opinion in the preceding appeal (No. 4531, U. S. ex rel. Coburn v. Work, — App. D. C.-, 18 F.[2d] 822, just decided), the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Affirmed.
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