Ross v. Eells
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington
In Equity. Bill for an injunction by Frank 0. Ross, against .Edwin Eells, Indian agent, and Maj. French., Oapt. Carpenter, and Lieut. Goodwin, officers of the United States army, to prevent interference by defendants with the building of a railroad across land within the Puyallup Indian reservation, which has been allotted to individual Indians in severalty.
1Opinion of the Court
HARFORD, District Judge.
The complainant is engaged in constructing a railroad intended for use as a public highway from the city of Tacoma across what has been heretofore the Puyallup Indian reservation, but the line of the intended railroad crosses only land which has been allotted to the different heads of families in severalty, and for which patents have been issued by the president. The defendant Eells is an Indian agent of the United States, and the other defendants are officers of the United States army. By direction of the president, they have interfered with the building of said…
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