Legal Opinion
John R. Carlson, John R. Carlson and Eleanor C. Carlson, His Wife v. The Tulalip Tribes of Washington, a Federal Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1975No. 73--2428PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALFRED T. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
John and Eleanor Carlson appeal the district court’s dismissal of their suit to quiet title to certain waterfront lands.
The Tulalip Indian Reservation was created by the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott. In 1888, the United States conveyed certain lots (herein called the “subject tract”) within the Reservation to Mowich Sam, a Tulalip Indian. In 1961, the Carlsons, heirs of Mowich Sam, brought a partition suit regarding the subject tract in Washington State Courts. By virtue of the resulting decree, the Carlsons obtained fee simple title to the subject…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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3Cited by29 opinions
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