Spector

Plaintiff and appellant brought this action which is set forth in a third amended complaint and supplement thereto (hereinafter referred to as the complaint) for specific performance, to quiet title, and for equitable relief. It is alleged generally that on April 29, 1954, Marcus Pete, Jr., an Indian, and a member of the Palm Springs or Agua Caliente Band of Indians, was the owner of certain lands, to wit: Block 2, Section 14, Township 4 S. R. 4 E., S. B. B. & M., within the Palm Springs Indian reservation; that on said date he entered into a written agreement with the contracting purchasers, jointly, namely, defendants C. W. Miller and wife, Oscar Mandinach and wife, Ronald R. Dunlap and wife, and Dr. W. H. Clarkson and wife, to buy said property as a unit for $78,660; that Marcus Pete, Jr., conditionally agreed therein to submit said transaction to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States, through the district agent at Palm Springs, for approval by the United States, evidenced either by the express written approval or the issuance of a patent direct to the contracting purchasers or by releasing all restrictions imposed by law upon his right to convey through the…