United States v. Joyce
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota; Page Morris, Judge. Suit by the United States of America against Nellie N. Joyce and others to have the title to land patented to an Indian declared to be held in trust the United States. Decree for and tiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
John Wakemup', Sr., a Chippewa Indian, a ward of the government and in charge of an Indian agent, on April 16, 1892, entered certain public lands, that is, lands not in any Indian reservation, to wit, lots 4, 5, and 6, in section 21, township 63, range 18, as a homestead, under Act July 4, 1884, 23 Statutes at Darge 76, 96, U. S. Compiled Statutes 1916, § 4612, as follows:
“That such Indians as may now be located on public lands, or as may, under the direction of the Secretary of the “Interior, or otherwise, hereafter, so locate may avail themselves of the provisions of…
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