Holmes v. Praun
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action of ejectment in the district court for Mahnomen county. The answer alleged that defendant Praun was the owner in fee of the premises described and defendant Larson was in possession thereof under a lease from defendant Praun. The ease was tried before Grindeland, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of defendants. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
This is an action in ejectment involving 80 acres of land in Mahnomen county. Both parties claim title under Henry Hutchinson, a Chippewa Indian child of the White Earth Reservation. The land was allotted to Hutchinson under the allotment act of Congress of February 8, 1887, which is general, and the act of January 14, 1889, which relates especially to this reservation. In 1895 Hutchinson died. On February 26, 1901, a schedule of allotments, including this one, was deposited in the general land office, and on February 28, 1901, said schedule was approved by the secretary of the interior. On…
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- Matter of HeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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