United States v. Nez Perce County

CAVAN AH, District Judge.

As these three cases were tried at the same time, although presenting different rights and questions, yet they can be considered and disposed of separately in one opinion.

The cases were brought by the United States against Nez Perce county and others to recover taxes paid by Indian wards of the government and to cancel taxes levied but not paid and to quiet title to the lands of two of the wards. They involve the same class of land and the same class or Indian ward, and a discussion of the same legal questions involved will be applied to each case where applicable,…