Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Rysavy
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 15, 1987No. Nos. 85-5234, 85-5432, 85-5445, 86-5034 to 86-5042PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
From 1916 to 1921, appellants’ ancestors received fee simple patents, granting them full title to land allotments originally held for them in trust by the United States. These fourteen cases, consolidated on appeal, stem from the government’s issuance of those fee patents. Appellants claim that the fee patents were illegally issued to their forebears, thus voiding all later transfers of the property. Appellants seek recognition that the land is still held in trust, return of possession, damages for wrongful possession, and attorneys’ fees. Appellees are the United…
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