147 U.S. 640 (1893) Cited 24 times
In Taylor v. Brown, the question arose under the proviso to ยง 15 of an Act of March 3, 1875, c. 131, 18 Stat. 402, 420, that the title to lands acquired by certain Indians under that section should "remain inalienable for a period of five years from the date of the patent.