United States v. Park Land Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota
Actions by the United States against Park Land Company, and against Nichols-Chisholm Lumber Company and others, and against W. B. Davis. On exceptions to defendants’ answer.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, District Judge
(orally). In 1887 Congress passed the general allotment act (Act Feb. 8, 1887, c. 119, 24 Stat. 388). Under that act whoever received an allotment, whether a full-blood or a mixed-blood Indian, received from the government one of the 25 year trust patents provided for therein. In other words, Congress in effect *384said, whoever may be permitted to take an allotment under this act on any of these Indian reservations, whether he be a full blood or a mixed blood, upon him the government shall keep its hand and exercise a restraining influence. We are providing for the allotment of these lands for…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Beam v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908
3Cited by4 opinions
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- United States v. BowlingCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1919
- Highrock v. GavinSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1920