Legal Opinion
Deere v. St. Lawrence River Power Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 6, 1929No. 305PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a decree dismissing the bill in a suit for ejectment to secure possession of a tract of land one mile square, in St. Lawrence county, New York. It was dismissed below on motion for want of jurisdiction.
Appellant sues as a member of the St. Regis Tribe of Indians, on his own behalf and of other members of the tribe. The bill alleges that the tribe was out of possession for over 100 years. We may take notice that the location of the St. Regis Indian Reservation is in Franklin county, New York, adjacent to the St. Lawrence river. It is supported by the…
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