La Clair v. United States
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Washington
Suits by Edward La Clair and 16 others against the United States.
1Opinion of the Court
WHITSON, District Judge.
These 17 suits have been brought in reliance upon the provisions of Amendatory Act Feb. 6, 1901, c. 217, 31 Stat. 760. Plaintiffs were allotted lands on the Yakima Indian reservation, and trust patents were issued under the acts of Congress which provide for the taking of lands in severalty. Act Feb. 8, 1887, c. 119, 24 Stat. 388. Inquiry having been instituted in the department and cancellation of such patents threatened upon the authority conferred upon the Secretary of the Interior by the act approved January 26, 1895 (Act Jan. 26, 1895, c. 50, 28 Stat. 641), as…
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