Legal Opinion
United States v. Minnesota
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 1, 1926No. 17, OriginalPublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
'Mr. Justice Van Devanter
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is a suit in equity brought in this Court by the United States against the State of Minnesota to cancel patents issued to her for certain lands under the swamp land grant, or, where the State has sold the lands, to recover their value and to leave the patents uncanceled as to such lands. Seven patents for about 153,000 acres are brought in question. The first was issued May 13, 1871, and the others at different times from May 17, 1900, to June 10, 1912. The bill was filed May 7, 1923. The State answered, and the case was heard…
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