Klamath & Moadoc Tribes v. United States

TJnder an act of Congress approved May 26, 1920, 41,Stat. 623, the court was vested with jurisdiction “to hear and determine all legal and equitable claims, if any,” of the plaintiff Indians against the United States, “under any treaties, agreements, or laws of Congress, or for the misappropriation of any of the funds of said Indians, or for the failure of the United States to pay said Indians any money or other property due.”

The present suit was brought to recover the value of lands which the plaintiff Indians are alleged to have been deprived of by erroneous surveys made by officers and…