Midway Co. v. Eaton
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. This is an action to quiet title, and was brought in the district court in the eleventh judicial district, county of St. Louis, State of Minnesota. The plaintiff in error claims title under a United States patent issued to its grantor, one Frank ITicks, upon a homestead settlement.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. This is an action to quiet title, and was brought in the district court in the eleventh judicial district, county of St. Louis, State of Minnesota. The plaintiff in error claims title under a United States patent issued to its grantor, one Frank ITicks, upon a homestead settlement. The defendants in error claim under locations of what is commonly known as “ Sioux half-breed scrip,” issued under the act of July 17, 1854, c. 83, 10 Stat'.~304. These locations, it is alleged, were prior in time and right to the claim of Hicks, and therefore…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
The decision of the controversies in this case depends upon the validity or invalidity of the scrip locations, either originally when the land was unsurveyed, or subsequently when the location was adjusted to the land as surveyed.
The act of Congress of July 17, 1854, c. 83, 10 Stat. 304, authorized the issue of scrip to the half-breeds of the Sioux Nation of Indians in exchange for certain lands, which scrip might be located (1) upon any land within the Sioux half-breed reservation ; or (2) “ upon any other unoccupied lands subject to preemption or private sale; ” or (3) “ upon any other…
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