United States v. Cline

CRAVEN, Chief Judge.

This suit started as an ejectment action, but has been narrowed, by reason of stipulations, to a boundary line dispute between the United States and the Clines — i. e., simply whether the Clines’ occupancy of land is within that owned by the United States in trust for the Indians, or within a pond area deeded by the Indians to Bryson City.

By a deed dated July 1, 1924, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians pur-' portedly conveyed to the town of Bryson City, North Carolina, a tract of land lying along the Oconaluftee River. Bry-son City proposed to build a dam across the…