Terry I. Blue v. Douglas McKay Secretary of the Interior

Plaintiff (appellant) filed this proceeding praying for a judgment declaring that the United States is rightfully the owner of and has accepted ownership, by treaty and grant from the Republic of Mexico, of the minerals under certain lands in California ceded by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 9 Stat. 922 and that the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, 41 Stat. 437, 30 U.S.C.A. § 182, as amended, be declared applicable to the right to develop the minerals under said grant. Plaintiff further prayed that a mandatory injunction or order be issued directing the defendant (appellee),…