Prentice v. Northern Pac. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota
At Law. Tliis action having been brought to trial before the court without a juri’-, which was waived by the parties by a stipulation in writing duly filed with the clerk, the following facts are found by the court: (1) That the treaty made and concluded on the 30th day of September, A. D. 1854, between the United States and the Chippewa Indians, of Lake Superior and the Mississippi, whereby said Indians ceded to the United States certain territory lying adjacent to the…
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At Law. Tliis action having been brought to trial before the court without a juri’-, which was waived by the parties by a stipulation in writing duly filed with the clerk, the following facts are found by the court: (1) That the treaty made and concluded on the 30th day of September, A. D. 1854, between the United States and the Chippewa Indians, of Lake Superior and the Mississippi, whereby said Indians ceded to the United States certain territory lying adjacent to the headwaters of Lake Superior, contained the following provisions, viz.: “And being desirous to provide for some of his…
1Opinion of the Court
Miluer, Justice.
Although this action of ejectment brought by Frederick Prentice is against other defendants, and his claim is for a different piece of land, the title under which he and the defendants claim was the subject of consideration in a former suit in this court, which was reported as Prentice v. Stearns, 20 Fed. Rep. 819. That case went to the supreme court of the United States, where the judgment of this court was affirmed, and is reported in 113 U. S. 435, 5 Sup. Ct. Rep. 547. There was in that case a very elaborate finding of facts by this court, which is found at length in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Crews v. BurchamSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
- Doe Ex Dem. Mann v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
- Prentice v. StearnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
3Cited by2 opinions
- Quelch v. . FutchSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
- Meehan v. JonesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1895