McDaid v. Oklahoma Territory Ex Rel. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TERRITORY . OP OKLAHOMA. This was a proceeding in mandamus brought in the District Court of the First Judicial District of Logan County, in the Territory of Oklahoma, April 2.7, 1891, to compel Daniel J. McDaid, William.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TERRITORY . OP OKLAHOMA. This was a proceeding in mandamus brought in the District Court of the First Judicial District of Logan County, in the Territory of Oklahoma, April 2.7, 1891, to compel Daniel J. McDaid, William. H. Merriweather, and John H.'Shanklin, as trustees of the town site of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, appointed by the Secretary of the Interior under the act of May 14, 1890, 26 Stat. 109, c. 207, entitled “An act to provide for town site entries of lands in what is known as ‘ Oklahoma,’ and for other purposes,” to execute'deeds for certain…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
In Knight v. United States Land Association, 142 U. S. 161, the supervisory power of the Secretary of the Interior over all matters relating to the sale and disposition of the public lands, the surveying of private land claims and the issuing of patents thereon, and the administration of the trusts devolving upon the' government by reason of the laws of Congress or under treaty stipulations, respecting the public domain, was fully considered, and numerous authorities cited. It was declared by Mr. Justice Lamar, speaking for the court, that the Secretary was clothed with plenary authority as…
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- Knight v. United States Land Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
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