Westling v. United States

KENYON, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought this action against appellant, Victor Westling-, to quiet title to and recover possession of some tracts of land comprising about ninety-six acres, located within what was formerly the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota. The tracts involved, known as lots numbered 10, 11, and 12, in section 25, and lot 2 in section 36, all in township 143 north, range 29, west of the Fifth P. M. in Cass county, Minn., are located between the meander line of the original survey made in 1873, and the Lake Shore of Leech Lake, and axe situated on what is…